The Young Women Doing Theology (YWDT) held a five-day workshop in Tainan, Taiwan, from Aug 21-25, 2007. The theme was “Life Stories in the Tension Between Power and Empowerment” with a special focus on “Understanding My Body, My Self and My Faith from a Critical Feminist Perspective.”

There were 31 women participants from various Asian countries, including India, Cambodia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Korea. They were a mixed group of Protestants and Catholics, ordained and lay, NGO leaders/activists, and women in the academic and at the grassroots.

As a preparatory process, a three-day orientation workshop (from Aug 17-19) was held for 27 participants who had not had an introduction to Critical Feminist Theology of Liberation.
Working in groups with several biblical texts was a major component of both the workshops.
Feminist theologian Lieve Troch from The Netherlands facilitated the two workshops which all participants welcomed as eye-opening and liberating.