According to statistics of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the Government Information Office, about one-tenth of their staff posted overseas are women, totalling 80 in all. Because it is not always easy to accommodate the husband and children, many among these women have gone abroad alone.
根據外交部、經濟部、新聞局等有駐外單位的部會統計，目前在外放人員中，約有一成女性，總數達八十位；由於先生孩子配合不易，其中有不少隻身赴任者。