從性別角度思考高齡照顧 Elder care from a gender perspective

從性別角度思考高齡照顧（2015/10/03）

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行腳台灣婦運 Walk the feminist path in Taiwan

顧燕翎　2016/10/24

　　和朋友們聊談起各自成為女性主義者的過程，有人自幼敏銳，在日常生活中察覺到性別不平等，立志要改變；有人到成為人妻、人媳、人母之後受到挫折，才去尋找根源；我後知後覺，留學時從閱讀中得到啟發，投入了婦女運動和婦女研究。人生的青壯期適逢第二波世界婦運大集結，女性主義成為我生命的養分，人生也隨著婦運波瀾起伏，歷覽百態，感到生逢其時，不虛此行。

看見差異 實踐平等——婦女運動的文化工程 Difference and equality: Feminist movement's cultural construction work

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懷念父親和那個逝去的年代 In memory of my father and his time

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　　爸爸以93歲高齡過世了。

    　爸生活規律，按時運動，但仍然生病了。他的病情醫生自始即全盤相告，他也坦然接受。因年事已高，和醫生商議之下決定不做積極治療，避免開刀流血和再度傷害，也不以人工灌食來延續存活。我們選擇了居家安寧照顧，由家人輪班看顧。他的最後一程因為癌細胞肆虐，難免痛苦不適，但心情平靜安詳。居家服務公司派護士定期探視，我們的護士吳小姐高度專業又有愛心，最初每週來一次，後來視需要增加次數，假日也不除外。

In Memory of my Father

             and the Life and Times of the Last Generation

Yenlin Ku顧燕翎

Dad passed away in the evening of June 6^th this year, at the age of 93 (1923-2016). The last leg of his earthly journey was quiet and peaceful.  We chose to care for him at home so that he could be close to the family. Ms. Wu, our professional and caring home hospice nurse, made regular visits, initially once a week, and as dad’s condition deteriorated increased her visiting frequency.

 Dad stayed clear-minded until drifting in and out of consciousness in the last two days. Well-informed by his doctor of his medical condition from early on, he faced it with courage and grace. Always being considerate of others, he strove to maintain a normal family life in spite of his own discomfort. In the last few months we took turns caring for him day and night. He often told us his appreciation, and, in the meantime, tried to cheer up mom, his sweetheart for more than 70 years. Getting physically weaker by the day, he still tried to make our job easier by helping himself such as turning in bed to avoid getting bed sores. Not a person who joked often, he maintained his sharpness and sense of humor to the end. In the final days when Ms. Wu told him that time was running out and asked if there was anyone he would like to see. He replied: Ms. Wu.

Dad grew up in the turbulent years of civil wars and Japanese invasion of China.  Leaving home on the eastern shore at 16 with his older brother to escape Japanese occupation, he joined the army in inland Jiangxi. His brother, staying in the army, was killed in a battle at the age of 25 one month before the Japanese surrendered. Dad, leaving Jiangxi earlier due to illness, went to the interior province Sichuan, where he entered the war-time Jiangsu Provincial Associated Joint High School and became a classmate of mom. Upon graduation, dad was admitted to the Chinese Air Force Mechanical Academy and later sent to the US to study airplane mechanics and engines. He had a good time in the US and graduated with honors. Maintaining a strong interest in mechanics, he taught at the Air Force Mechanical Academy in Taiwan, going on lecture tours at air force bases. During the era of material shortage in the 1950’s, he was proud that he could teach a large class without a microphone. Dad was fond of cars and airplanes. We could always find an airplane model in his car. A small airplane with a turning propeller, a gift from my sister Meiling, hung on the window vent of his last car. Last September, at the age of 92, he passed the driver license renewal test with high scores.

Dad usually did not read books unless he had to.  Preferring to think things through and figure them out by himself, he had a wide range of interests: photography, soccer, cycling, cooking, bridge game, .... Whatever he got his hands on he would do it well. Regretfully, with the many responsibilities in life, he was unable to explore any of these at will, nor to realize the detective dream he once held. In his sickbed, he recalled the bike competition that he took my sister Wheilin to at the Academy.  He got the first place for both the top speed and the lowest speed races, cheered and applauded by his little daughter. Sixty years later he still beamed with smile when talking about it.

As most Chinese people of the 20^th Century, dad had suffered from wars and poverty, but overall he lived a fulfilled life surrounded by loving family and friends. After he fell ill, my brother Yuekuang moved from Florida to California to care for him and mom. In March Wheilin’s two daughters flew in from the east coast to be with him. Wheilin’s son, in the same city, often stopped by to visit grandpa. These American-born kids made efforts to chat with him in Chinese and brought him great contentment.

Grieving over father’s death, I come to find out that he has not really left us. He lives on in our hearts and brings us closer in our memory of him. I saw father in the eyes of my brother and sisters and heard him in their laughter. His life is continued by each and every one of us. And, I wish, so are his valuable qualities: kindness, wisdom, integrity, …. Living in a world safer and more resourceful than his, I wish we and others could pursue our dreams the way he could never dreamed of.  

Illustrated by great grandson Christopher James Dunlop; 曾孫鄧思杰繪圖

As Time Goes By-- A Love Story

Yue-kuang Ku顧裕光

China was invaded by Japanese military force in 1937 and mom, just graduated from elementary school, started the long journey of escaping from Nanjing, Jiangsu province to Sichuan province (about 1,000 miles west) with her parents. 

Dad had a even harder deal. He managed to make it by himself all the way to Sichuan, at the tender age of 14, with the initial help of an elder cousin. Eventually mom and dad met in 1941 when they both attended the Jiangsu Provincial Associated joint High School. It was basically a government boarding school for the kids left home without their parents during the war.

After graduating from high school, dad was accepted by the Chinese Air Force Mechanical Academy, and later (in 1945) was sent to the US to study airplane mechanics and engines. He graduated with high honors. Upon returning to China, he married mom in 1947 in Chongching, Sichuan.

The first photo was taken on their wedding day in Chongching. A very sharp young couple drew the attention of the local folks. 

懷念父親 In memory of my father

顧燕翎2016/6/15

　　

　　爸爸6月6日傍晚過世了，享年93 (1923-2016)。

    　爸的最後一段路平靜安詳，我們選擇了居家安寧照顧，居家服務公司派護士定期探視，我們的護士吳小姐來自台灣，很專業又有愛心。視情況每週來一次到每天一次。

   　 老爸最後兩天進入彌留期之前頭腦都十分清醒，他的病情醫生自始據實以告，他坦然面對，在病痛中仍顧念家人，維持居家生活的平穩和樂。幾個月來我們在病榻旁輪流照顧，他都很體諒，努力配合，即使體力日衰，也儘量自己翻身，避免褥瘡，還不時設法安慰傷心的老媽。他不常說笑話，卻應對敏銳，未失幽默感。在最後的時日，吳小姐問他，時間不多了，你還有什麼想見的人，他說：吳小姐。

客運車上的老太太 The old lady on the long-distance bus

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 　　一早不到六點半我就坐上新竹往台北的客運，快到台北時有一老太太問司機要如何去板橋。司機是開長途的，也弄不清市區的公車，老太後座的男士開始幫她想路線，後來我也加入，我們建議她到終點站台北轉運站下車，轉捷運板南線，到板橋後再設法去目的地，看來十分折騰。

從代理孕母合法化爭議看父權、市場與女體：顧燕翎在世新演講 Patriarchy, market and body politics: debates over the legalization of surrogacy

演講主題	時間	地點	主講人
從代理孕母合法化爭議看父權、市場與女體	3/2（三） 13：00-15：00	舍我樓R702教室	顧燕翎 （婦女新知基金會顧問）

就業政策、媒體與藍帶 Employment policy, the media and Le Cordon Bleu

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　　法國巴黎藍帶主廚來到台灣，竟然受限於法令只能教法文嗎？「高雄餐旅大學在教育部誤導下，砸了1.8億元，設立藍帶廚藝卓越中心，硬體都到位，廚師也來了，卻不能授課」，­這是上週各媒體競相報導的聳動新聞，也導致教育部和勞動部備受抨擊。可是這是事實嗎？

吳培元教授榮獲Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy Medal (2016)--Dr. P.Y.Wu winning international math medal

匈牙利 University of Szeged 的 Bolyai Institute 於2015年11月宣布, 將2015年的 Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy Medal 頒發給交通大學應用數學系榮譽退休教授吳培元, 以表彰他在算子理論領域所作的深刻而有意義的貢獻. 將於2016年5月12日, 在該學院舉行頒獎典禮, 並請他作五十分鐘的學術演講. Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy Medal 係由Erzsébet Szőkefalvi-Nagy 創置於1999年, 以紀念她的數學家父親 Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy (1913 - 1998). 自2000年起每年頒發一次, 今年已是第十六屆. 該獎章設立的宗旨, 係為表彰曾在 Bolyai Institute 所發行的學術期刊 Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum 上發表過重要且深刻成果的傑出數學家. 此因 Sz.-Nagy 在1946至1981年間, 曾長期擔任該期刊的主編一職, 將其建立成相關領域具有國際聲望的重要期刊. 過去獲得該獎章的多為歐洲人, 吳培元教授是得獎的第二位亞洲人, 他在該期刊上歷年來共發表過十二篇論文. (見註1)

量變到質變--2016年選後對女性從政的期待From quantity to quality change: expectations for female politicians after the 2016 election

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　　2016年的選舉最振奮婦女的消息莫過於總統、副總統候選人男女各半，而且繼呂秀蓮副總統之後，王如玄律師以長期從事婦運的資歷獲邀成為國民黨的副總統候選人，而最後民進黨的蔡英文主席當選中華民國第一位女總統，立法委員當選人37.96%為女性，亦是創歷史新高。遺憾的是蔡與王年歲相近，都曾就讀台大法律系，蔡英文還曾經在全球婦女運動鼎盛時期留學美、英，卻未如當時許多年輕女性一樣熱血沸騰，關心女性的處境，不僅是她個人的損失，也是婦運的損失。

男警員的長髮--性別VS紀律 Gender vs discipline: the case of the long-haired policeman

保二總隊警員葉繼元因蓄長髮被申誡案
顧燕翎在行政院性平會發言(2015/12/30)