Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials & Tissue Engineering

Dear Faculty and Staff,

To promote gender equality and ensure a safe campus, all faculty, staff, and janitors must report any suspected sexual assault, harassment, or bullying within 24 hours, as mandated by Article 22 of the Gender Equity Education Act. Failure to do so may result in fines ranging from NTD 30,000 to NTD 150,000. All reported cases will be processed by the Gender Equity Education Committee. Non-compliance may result in fines ranging from NTD 10,000 to NTD 150,000.

If you become aware of such incidents, please report them promptly to the Gender Equity Committee or the Campus Security Center. If fewer than 3 hours remain before the deadline, please notify the Military Education Section directly to avoid penalties. Thank you for your cooperation in ensuring a safe and inclusive environment.

A.    Sexual assault : acts constituting criminal sexual assault as defined in the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act.

B.    Sexual harassment:

Act

Definition

Gender Equity Education Act §3

one of the following criteria but not constituting sexual assault: Engaging in unwelcome sex- or gender-related speech or behavior, whether explicit or implied, which adversely affect the other party's personal dignity, learning, or work opportunities or performance. Sex- or gender-related behavior that serves as the condition for oneself or others to gain or lose rights or interests in learning or work.

C. Sexual bullying: ridicule, attacks, or threats directed at another person’s gender characteristics, gender temperaments, sexual orientation, or gender identity by using verbal, physical or other forms of violence will be under the category of sexual bullying not sexual harassment.

D. Sex- or gender-related behavior by a principal or faculty and staff that violates professional ethical standards: cases where a principal or faculty member develops an intimate relationship with an underage student, or exploits an unequal power relationship in the course of teaching, providing guidance to, training, evaluating, managing, or counseling a student, or providing a work opportunity to a student, to develop a relationship that violates professional ethical standards in the context of sex- or gender-related interpersonal interactions.

Attachment A: Gender Equity Education Act

Attachment B: Report Form for Taipei Medical University Gender-related Incidents on Campuses

 

 

Contact Information：

	Gender Equity Education Committee	Campus Security Center
Contact Person	Ching-Hua Fu	Cheng-Ho Huang
Phone	02-2739-3281	02-2736-1100
E-mail	gender@tmu.edu.tw	ssc@tmu.edu.tw