Home Japan Diet gender gap needs fixing, say bulk of Lower House members | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and AnalysisJJapanDiet gender gap needs fixing, say bulk of Lower House members | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and AnalysisJune 11, 20223 comments Diet gender gap needs fixing, say bulk of Lower House members | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysishttps://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14642883 Tags:Japan 3 commentsIf anyone’s curious, here is the [percentage of female candidates](https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_616fdcdce4b065735734d878) from each party during last year’s Lower House election (ordered lowest to highest):– Komeito: 7.5% – LDP: 9.8% – Ishin: 14.6% – CDP: 18.3% – Reiwa: 23.8% – DPP: 29.6% – NHK: 33.3% – JCP: 35.4% – SDP: 60.0%The Lower House has [465 seats](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%86%E8%AD%B0%E9%99%A2), so the current number of female representatives, 46, amounts to a mere 9.9% of the total.Yeah, let be like Rwanda or Argentina and force people to elect women, no matter how low their votesare!Democracy will die só equality lives![deleted]Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
If anyone’s curious, here is the [percentage of female candidates](https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_616fdcdce4b065735734d878) from each party during last year’s Lower House election (ordered lowest to highest):– Komeito: 7.5% – LDP: 9.8% – Ishin: 14.6% – CDP: 18.3% – Reiwa: 23.8% – DPP: 29.6% – NHK: 33.3% – JCP: 35.4% – SDP: 60.0%The Lower House has [465 seats](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%86%E8%AD%B0%E9%99%A2), so the current number of female representatives, 46, amounts to a mere 9.9% of the total.
Yeah, let be like Rwanda or Argentina and force people to elect women, no matter how low their votesare!Democracy will die só equality lives!
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If anyone’s curious, here is the [percentage of female candidates](https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_616fdcdce4b065735734d878) from each party during last year’s Lower House election (ordered lowest to highest):
– Komeito: 7.5%
– LDP: 9.8%
– Ishin: 14.6%
– CDP: 18.3%
– Reiwa: 23.8%
– DPP: 29.6%
– NHK: 33.3%
– JCP: 35.4%
– SDP: 60.0%
The Lower House has [465 seats](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%86%E8%AD%B0%E9%99%A2), so the current number of female representatives, 46, amounts to a mere 9.9% of the total.
Yeah, let be like Rwanda or Argentina and force people to elect women, no matter how low their votesare!Democracy will die só equality lives!
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