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11 Gender-Based Violence Prevention and 11
Protective Services

During 2017-2022, the number of elderly (aged 1. Implementation of the mid- or long-term sheltering
65 and older) abuse cases increased slightly each year, resources program for victims of domestic violence:
as shown in Table 11-1. Funding was provided to NGOs to offer community
In 2022, the municipal and county (city) residential services to victims. In 2022, a total of
governments provided assistance and protection to 13 projects were subsidized and implemented in
over 1.76 million victims of domestic violence. The total 12 counties and cities, benefiting 76 households
amount of assistance provided exceeded NTD 883.78 comprising 273 individuals (including 76 victims and
million. The main forms of assistance included shelter 197 accompanying children).
and accommodation subsidies, emergency livelihood 2. The domestic violence office near court: NGOs were
support, psychological rehabilitation assistance, subsidized to establish 19 domestic violence service
medical assistance, legal fees, and litigation expenses, offices near the courts, providing services such
among others. (See Table 11-2). as legal consultations for victims, accompanying

Section 2 Diverse Intervention for Victims them to court, and offering shelter and placement
assistance. In 2022, a total of 10 projects were
of Domestic Violence
subsidized, amounting to NTD 6.587244 million in
In response to the multiple needs of the victims
2022, serving more than 120,000 persons.
of domestic violence at different stages of recovery,
3. Counseling and treatment program for children
we constantly assist local governments in promoting
and juvenile witnessing the family violence: NGOs
domestic violence prevention in collaboration with
were subsidized to develop a program for children
NGOs with the Public Welfare Lottery Subsidization
and juvenile witnessing the family violence in
Fund. The relevant programs are as follows:
conjunction. In 2022, the program subsidized 10
projects, totaling NTD 8.475291 million.

Table 11-1 Elderly Victims of Domestic Violence in the Last 5 Years

Unit: People (‰ )
Number of elderly victims of Nationwide elderly Proportion in nationwide
domestic violence population elderly population
2018 9,805 3,433,517 2.9‰
2019 10,504 3,607,127 2.9‰
2020 11,822 3,787,315 3.1‰
2021 13,127 3,939,033 3.3‰
2022 16,207 4,085,793 4.0‰
Source: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Domestic Violence Protective Assistance Incidents and Monetary Amounts
Table 11-2
in the Last 5 Years
Unit: person / dollar

Year
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Item
Protective Assistance 1,309,184 1,137,300 1,617,703 1,732,408 1,769,726
Incidents
Protective Assistance
Monetary Amounts 961,394,330 602,390,069 606,184,919 911,130,992 883,785,448
(NTD)
Source: Ministry of Health and Welfare

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