Six women were elected this February in municipal and county elections, with the most noteworthy being Chou Ya-Ya-wen of Orchid Island, who became the island's first woman and non-village-elder chairman in a hotly contested race.
二月間舉辦的台灣省鄉鎮縣轄市長選舉當中，共有六位女性當選了地方首長，其中最受矚目的，是蘭嶼周雅雯鄉長。她不但是蘭嶼卅六年地方自治史上第一位女性鄉長，也是第一位「非長老」，經由競選而就任的鄉長。