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More than 290,000 people were served, and the and sexual assault as well as a systemic approach
amount of support was more than NTD 140 million to working with incestuous families in total 3
in assistance funds in 2022. sessions were conducted in 2022, benefiting over
2. Trauma rehabilitation service for victims of sexual 140 participants.
assault: From 2017 onwards, Trauma Recovery
Section 3 Intervention for Sexual Assault
Centers for Sexual Assault (here in after referred
Offenders
to as "recovery centers") have been established to
provide trauma recovery services to people who 1. Active coordination for the establishment of
experienced sexual assault in their early years and venues for compulsory treatment of sexual assault
did not receive judicial assistance. To enhance offenders after completing sentences by Article
the resources of the recovery centers, they were 22-1 Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act: As of the
included in the second phase of the "Strengthening end of 2022, there were nine venues accepting 9
Social Safety Net Program" for grant assistance, offenders.
aiming to expand their services to other victims of 2. In terms of community intervention provided for
sexual trauma. These services include counseling, sexual assault offenders, in 2022 a total of 7,980
trauma assessment, training and advocacy for offenders underwent treatment and counseling,
professionals, and advocacy and awareness including 27 who were deemed not to need
activities. In 2022, a total of 7 trauma recovery treatment, 1,806 who completed the intervention
centers were subsidized, which provided over 4,670 and 5,278 who were still undergoing intervention.
hours of consultation and counseling services, as There were 9 offenders referred for compulsory
well as conducted 67 public awareness campaigns. treatment, 500 whose intervention was suspended
3. Improvement of the inspection and identification of for specific reasons, and 360 for whom intervention
sexual assault: 3,560 victims were provided with was not carried out. Of the community treatment
injury certificates in 2022, of which 3,399 cases cases for which intervention was not carried out for
were sent to the Criminal Police Station for testing. a reason, counties / cities governments imposed
4. Promoted the plan to "Reduce Repetitive Victim administrative fines on 795 people and 723 referred
Statements in Sexual Assault Cases": Police, for compulsory treatment.
prosecutors, social workers, medical and other
Section 4 Quality and Education of Sexual
service teams worked together to improve the
Assault and Sexual Harassment
quality of interrogation and reduce repeated
representations of victims. 2,213 cases in 2022 Prevention
entered this service. 1. Serious Sexual Assault Cases Review Meeting: In

5. Innovation for Sexual Assault and Sexual 2022, a total of one meeting was held to review
Harassment Integrated System: The MOHW 6 cases covering three categories, including
continued to assist local governments in sexual assault cases below high school or below,
strengthening the integrated service system for placement of institutional sexual assault cases,
the prevention and control of sexual harassment, and repeat sex offenders after registration. The
providing support services such as legal MOHW conducted the contact and supervision
consultation to victims, and conducting over 13,000 community meetings for treatment of perpetrators,
assessments of sexual harassment prevention established appraisal and management
measures. Furthermore, recognizing the complex mechanism of community treatment personnel,
and diverse nature of cases and related issues and continued to improve treatment quality and
faced by social workers in the field of sexual reinforce supervision mechanisms. In addition, the
assault prevention, in order to enhance service institutional educational training of counselors was
competence, workshops on intellectual disabilities implemented, and supervision mechanisms were

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