Rita Jhang

Assisted Reproductive Act Amendment: The Testing Ground for the New Taiwanese Parliament’s Power Dynamics

Rita Jhang
The 2024 Taiwanese presidential election has garnered substantial international attention due to the ever-intricate US-Taiwan-China relationship. However, this election means more to the Taiwanese than just how they want to engage with China. Contrarily, domestic issues carried much more weight than usual, including housing prices, economic policies, transportation infrastructure, and, for the first time in the centre of the competition, the Assisted Reproductive Act...
EnglishFebruary 2024Politics8 min read
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Rita Jhang

JhuCin Rita Jhang is an activist, podcast host, and a teacher. She’s a project assistant professor at the Global Health Program, National Taiwan University, and a long-time gender equity and tongzhi/LGBTQ+ rights activist. She ran (unsuccessfully) for the parliment in 2020 represeting the Green Party Taiwan, and served as the party’s secretary general until May 2021. Her podcast show Z Green Party Z色派對 provides social commentaries on gender, sex, sexuality and other social issues, and was nominated the Best New Show by 2022 KKBOX Podcast Award. She talks, teaches, writes, and sings. Learn more about her at ritajhang.org.