2026 Taiwan Women's Resource Pass: A one-stop guide to parenting, workplace, and entrepreneurship policies

In the era of information fragmentation, the welfare resources provided by the government are often scattered across the web pages or press releases of various ministries, causing many women to miss out on support due to information gaps when facing important life transitions.

To break this dilemma, we have created the "Taiwan Women's Resource Connect" platform through AI cooperation and manual review. This is not only a list of policies, but also a window to observe the city's competitiveness and gender friendliness. Below we have compiled core questions and answers about this project to help you quickly grasp resources and plan for the future.

Behind the scenes of the project: Inspiration and classification logic

1. What was the motivation for creating the "2026 Taiwan Women's Resource Link"?

Behind every policy, it represents the city's support for its citizens. We have observed that many excellent policies are scattered across the web pages or press releases of different ministries and agencies, leading to "fragmented information," and people often face the dilemma of having resources but not knowing how to use them.

Therefore, we use AI to create a one-stop resource portal, hoping to break the information gap and make every support for women more clearly visible.

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2. Why do projects focus on the three categories of "parenting, workplace, and entrepreneurship"?

During the data collection process, we found that most cities' current policies are still highly centered around "fertility-related subsidies", and most of them use maternity subsidies as a highlight of women-friendly policies.

However, women's life processes and roles go far beyond motherhood, and women have diverse self-realization needs at different stages of life. Therefore, in addition to childcare support, we have specially included two categories: "Career Development" and "Entrepreneurial Resources", expanding the perspective of policy resource review to women's "economic empowerment".

Through these three core categories, we hope to help women access the available resources and observe the city's comprehensiveness in supporting women's self-realization and economic empowerment.

3. Why is "male participation in parenting" classified in the workplace category instead of the parenting category?

Our starting point starts with the question: "Why does gender pay inequality and unequal pay for men and women still exist in the workplace?"

The research of Nobel laureate in economics Claudia Goldin (Claudia Goldin) gives us an inspiration: the answer to this question is actually hidden in the "division of care in the family", and behind the division of family care is the "workplace structure" that affects the choice between work and family.

When a family faces the dual needs of "earning a salary" and "taking care of children" at the same time, men usually give priority to devoting themselves to the workplace under the consideration of realistic workplace labor conditions; In addition, many workplace cultures are not friendly enough to "men returning to the family", causing invisible pressure on fathers who are willing to participate in childcare.

In contrast, in order to fill the gap in family care, women often have to switch to lower-paying jobs with more flexible hours, which is one of the key reasons for the gender pay inequality.

This shows us that women take on more care responsibilities, not just a personal choice, but more fueled by the "workplace structure". Therefore, we realized that the real solution to encourage "male participation in parenting" lies in the change of "workplace environment".

We categorized it in the workplace category to see if the city is actively promoting a more inclusive work culture (e.g., encouraging fathers to take parental leave, promoting flexible working hours, etc.). When the workplace is willing to give men more support and allow them to go home and share the responsibility of care, women can truly let go of the burden of housework and play freely in the workplace.

We believe that a workplace that is willing to support male childcare is a friendly indicator that can truly benefit all genders.

(Extended reading: Nobel Prize winner in economics Godin: If we don't discuss the division of housework, we can't really discuss equal pay)

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4. Why is "urban women" a key indicator to measure urban competitiveness?

We believe that "urban women's power" is not only a welfare policy, but also a key indicator to measure whether a city has "resilience" and "future development potential".

When we zoom in on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we find that a city that values women's empowerment is actually driving the growth of many core indicators in an all-round way:

• SDG 5 (Gender Equality): By promoting a friendly workplace environment and encouraging male participation in childcare, cities are actively breaking the traditional division of household chores and structural constraints in the labor market. This not only directly responds to women's dilemmas between family and career, but also truly implements equality, allowing different genders to freely choose and realize their potential.
• SDG 10 (Reducing inequality): The deep value of women's empowerment policies lies in promoting the equitable distribution of social resources. When cities are committed to eliminating the "gender pay gap" and establishing a comprehensive care support system, they are actually narrowing the economic and opportunity gaps in society as a whole, ensuring that everyone can enjoy fair opportunities for development and life change, regardless of gender, identity, or family type.
• SDG 8 (Employment and Economic Growth): When cities can provide comprehensive career development and entrepreneurial resources and implement women's "economic empowerment", it can not only significantly increase the overall labor force participation rate, but also significantly increase women's diverse and innovative perspectives, and is also a powerful engine for driving urban economic transformation and revitalizing local industries.
• SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being): A well-developed support system for women that sees and gently takes care of the physical and mental health of women and family caregivers at all stages of life. From friendly maternity care to long-term caregiver support, it can create a social safety net full of security and resilience for the city.
• SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities): Ultimately, these policies will be reflected in the daily environment of cities. When a city provides safe living spaces, equitable employment opportunities, and inclusive public facilities, it can become a sustainable home for all.

(Extended reading: What are the SDGs?) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, 17 Core Goals, SDGs Taiwan Case Study)

A city that can systematically support women's self-realization means that its social welfare system and workplace culture have a high degree of "inclusiveness" and "flexibility".

Such a city can not only take care of local residents but also effectively attract diverse talents from around the world, making it the most authentic and comprehensive epitome of the city's "economic attractiveness" and "international competitiveness".

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Resource Navigation: How do I find the policy resources I need?

1. I want to inquire about the "maternity subsidy" or "childcare support" in each city, what information can this page provide?

We collaborated with AI to compile key policies for "parenting resources" in various counties and cities across Taiwan:

• Maternity allowance and subsidy: Includes single or regular birth incentives provided by counties and cities at the central level.
• Transportation and living support: For example, the fare subsidy for good pregnancy and the transportation subsidy for prenatal check-ups.
• Health screening: Egg freezing, artificial reproduction and other related subsidies.

2. Can I find support for women's "entrepreneurial loans" or "second employment in the workplace" here?

Yes. For the two dimensions of "workplace and entrepreneurship", we have compiled a number of resources provided by local governments, including empowerment resources and entrepreneurship incentives, to provide women with entrepreneurship and secondary employment needs to inquire about related resources.

3. What problems can the "Taiwan Women's Power Resource Connect" solve? How can the public use these features?

This page is mainly to solve the pain point of "information fragmentation" when citizens query resources, and to prevent people from missing out on their rights due to policies being scattered in different departments. You can get substantial help with the following features:

• Policy Navigation: Click on specific counties and cities to view the one-stop policy list, quickly grasp the benefits of your city, and save time on cross-departmental searches.
• Hot cities: Through the map perspective, you can see at a glance the distribution of childcare, workplace, and entrepreneurial resources in each county and city, helping you have an objective reference benchmark when facing life decisions.

Data acquisition, calculation, and update instructions

1. What is the significance of this project for "digital government" and "information accessibility"?

Through AI-assisted collection, we are observing the degree of digitization and ease of access to information from each county and city.

We hope to promote public information towards a more AI-friendly era, where government data is not just static bulletins, but practical information that can be easily retrieved by AI and easily used by the public.

2. How is the policy data obtained on the web page? Is it credible?

The technology retrieves public information from the central government and county and municipal governments, and manually reviews the retrieved content for accuracy.

• About information integrity: The scope of this database depends on the results of AI retrieval. If a specific policy is not successfully crawled by AI, it is not included in this database; This also reflects the "accessibility of information in the AI era" of cities, that is, whether government information can be easily retrieved and used by modern technology.

Data last updated on March 8, 2026. Due to the dynamic nature of the policy, please be sure to refer to the official announcements of each agency for the actual content, application qualifications, and deadlines.

3. How does the "Female Power Heat Map" on the web page calculate the distribution rules?

In order to visually present the distribution of resources, we designed the "Three Forces Hotspot Index". The darker the bubble on the map (dark rose gold), the richer the policy resources for that direction:

• Parenting hotspot index: adopts a "basic policy" plus "high weighting" system.

  • Basic score: including maternity subsidies, transportation support, and health screening, with 10 points for one of them.
  • Weighted points: High weighting is given to the "maternity subsidy amount" (amount ÷ 1,000).
    • Example: If the county or city provides a subsidy of 4 yuan, the total score is 30 (basic) + 40 (weighted) = 70 points.

• Workplace and Entrepreneurship Index: Adopts the "Policy Integrity" scoring system. Looking at the three core policies in this area, each of them received a score of 33.3, and all three received a perfect score of 100.

The inventory of each resource is to allow women at different stages to have more "freedom of choice". Through the "Taiwan Women's Power Link", we look forward to seeing more cities that value women's economic empowerment and life balance.