After many years of effort, last year the women's movement in Taiwan scored some notable legislative successes: changes to the family provisions of the civil code and new laws to help prevent child prostitution. After the murder of Peng Wan-ju last year, the long-tabled "Sex Crimes Prevention Law" was finally passed, which was gratifying to women, though marred by tragedy.
女權運動者奔走多年，去年終於在幾項法案，如民法親屬編部份修正條文、兒童及少年性交易防制條例等，有了令人振奮的斬獲；去年底因彭婉如命案而終造通過的「性侵害犯罪防治法」，則令婦女在欣慰之餘，仍難忘悲憤。