台灣婦女健康政策的性別分析

Engendering Women's Health Policy in Taiwan

張玨(Chueh Chang) ； 陳芬苓(Fen-Ling Chen)

《中華公共衛生雜誌》 19卷5期 (2000/10) Pp. 366-380

https://doi.org/10.6288/CJPH2000-19-05-07

摘要

Objectives: This article attempts to classify the definition of 'women's health policy,' and to examine the policies in Taiwan related to women's health by way of gender analysis, from a historical and critical perspective. Methods: Historical analysis is adopted to examine health poli-cies in Taiwan during 1912-present. Related legislation, schemes, activities, important announce-ments by political leaders, organizations, functional diffusions of government, administrative sys- terns and research subsidized by central government are included to review the gender meaning of policies. Results: the government in Taiwan has regarded his work for promoting 'maternal and child health' the same as promoting women's health. Some important characteristics have been found by this historical analysis: policies have focused on controlling women's reproductive abili-ties, and on women's roles as mothers; policy decision-making has maintained the authoritarian model; governmental policies have been determined for business and specialists' benefits rather than women's benefits; the disability of health administration to cope with new social problems; policies have dominated by patriarchal ideology; health promotion work for women has been full of gender bias. Conclusions: The government in Taiwan should adopt UN's new working mode, mainstreaming a gender perspective across all health policies process. including plan. implement and evaluation. Women and men should fully participate in health decision-making and govern-mental sectors.

關鍵字

婦女健康政策 ； 將性別分析融入主流政策 ； 歷史分析 ； 政策分析

並列摘要

Objectives: This article attempts to classify the definition of 'women's health policy,' and to examine the policies in Taiwan related to women's health by way of gender analysis, from a historical and critical perspective. Methods: Historical analysis is adopted to examine health poli-cies in Taiwan during 1912-present. Related legislation, schemes, activities, important announce-ments by political leaders, organizations, functional diffusions of government, administrative sys- terns and research subsidized by central government are included to review the gender meaning of policies. Results: the government in Taiwan has regarded his work for promoting 'maternal and child health' the same as promoting women's health. Some important characteristics have been found by this historical analysis: policies have focused on controlling women's reproductive abili-ties, and on women's roles as mothers; policy decision-making has maintained the authoritarian model; governmental policies have been determined for business and specialists' benefits rather than women's benefits; the disability of health administration to cope with new social problems; policies have dominated by patriarchal ideology; health promotion work for women has been full of gender bias. Conclusions: The government in Taiwan should adopt UN's new working mode, mainstreaming a gender perspective across all health policies process. including plan. implement and evaluation. Women and men should fully participate in health decision-making and govern-mental sectors.

並列關鍵字

women's health policy ； gender mainstreaming ； historical analysis ； policy analysis