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Podcast: News Bites
Episode: Female Legislature, Tonga Volcano, Brain Tweet
Description: Hello everybody, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!
I'm Trevor Tortomasi…
And I'm Ryan Drillsma.
In today's news:
Gender equality in Taiwan, a volcano in the Pacific Ocean, and thoughts on the internet.
All that and more, coming up next.
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立院女性出頭天 42.5%立法委員是女性
Taiwan's 42.5% Female Legislature Sets Record
For a lot of human history, the leaders (領袖) of many countries have been men.
But nowadays, many countries around the world are seeing a lot more gender equality (男女平等)…
Especially Taiwan!
尤其是台灣！
Last month, a woman named Lin Ching-yi (林靜儀) won an election to join Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (立法院).
With her joining, the Legislative Yuan is now 42.5% women.
That means Taiwan has broken its own record for...