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The Global Women's Peace Network is a project of the Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP) International, a non-government organization with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, WFWP Taiwan said.

With the launch of the network, WFWP Taiwan said it would like to contribute to and make efforts to "eliminate violence and safeguard women's security."

South Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Nepal are the other Asian countries to have launched this network, the organization said.

"This is a great opportunity to hear from one another, to discuss and share individual and collective insights and wisdom that are needed at this time if a world of peace and prosperity is truly to be built," said Chen Chao-o, president of WFWP Taiwan.

Urging the public to respect life and both genders with equal rights, the group also encouraged everyone to share the peace principle of anti-violence as well as listen and communicate.

"We look forward to working for the greater good, for the fulfillment of individual perfection, happiness of family and world peace," Chen told CNA on the sidelines of the inaugural convocation.

According to the 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices conducted by the United States, domestic violence has been identified as a major human rights problem in Taiwan.

The report said that although Taiwan's law defines rape, including spousal rape, as a crime, "violence against women, including rape and domestic violence, remains a serious problem."

Because victims are socially stigmatized, many do not report the crime and the Ministry of the Interior estimates that the total number of sexual assaults is 10 times the number reported to police, the report said.

Moreover, child abuse continues to be a widespread problem, the report said, citing government statistics showing that there were 19,936 child abuse cases involving 16,330 victims as of August 2012.

Central and local authorities, as well as private organizations, are continuing with efforts to identify and assist high-risk children and families and to increase public awareness of child abuse and domestic violence, it said.