Time: 2024.10.19 – 20
Venue: Room 401, Building of Sociology and Social Work Department, National Taiwan University
Sign-up + Agenda: https://sites.google.com/view/thirdpartyrepro2024
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have decoupled ‘sex’ from ‘reproduction,’ enabling infertile couples, single women, and same-sex couples to have children using donated gametes or surrogacy. As third-party reproduction through sperm and egg donation and surrogacy has expanded significantly worldwide, important questions arise: What are the latest developments in these ART networks that are transforming how families are created? What new social relationships are emerging as a result? And how should these practices be governed to improve the well-being of all involved?
The international conference “Third Party Reproduction: Governance, Relatedness & Globalization” is organized by the Taiwan Social Resilience Center at National Taiwan University (NTU), the Department of Sociology at NTU, and the School of Medicine, College of Medicine at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Featuring five thematic sessions and a policy forum, it brings together 14 leading scholars from Denmark, Japan, Australia, the UK, and Taiwan to discuss the development, policies, and individual experiences surrounding egg and sperm donation across various historical and cultural contexts.