ABSTRACT
November 30, 1996 marked a milestone in the history of the women’s movement in Taiwan. On this day, the director of the Department of Women’s Affairs of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Wan-Ru Peng, was raped and murdered by a taxi driver after a whole-day DPP convention held in Kaohsiung. This tragedy broke the heart of almost every woman activist in Taiwan. Both authors were shocked and affected deeply by this incident. 1
