Women account for 21.9% of ministerial posts around the world, the highest ever.

On the other hand, in Japan, it was 10%, which was significantly lower than last year and reached 151st place.

On the 10th, UN Women, an IPU = Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN agency created by members of each country, released data on the proportion of women in ministerial posts around the world as of January 1.



According to this, the world as a whole increased by 0.6 points from last year to 21.9%, the highest since the survey was started in 2005.



Women make up more than half of the cabinet in 13 countries: Central America, Europe and Africa, with Nicaragua at 1st place at 58.8% and Austria, Belgium and Sweden at 57.1%.



On the other hand, in Japan, the percentage of women in ministerial posts is 10%, which is a significant drop from 113th place last year to 151st place.



Among the seven G7 countries, Canada was 8th with 51.4%, France was 9th with 50%, the United States was 16th with 46.2%, and Japan was the only 100th place.



UN Women, who released the data, emphasized that politics need to take the lead in each country to eliminate the imbalanced human sex ratio.

"Each political party and government need to work"

Regarding the results, UN Women's Deputy Secretary-General Regner said in an interview with NHK, "If there are a certain number of women in the political arena, policy priorities will change, children's rights and gender disparities will be eliminated, and more social. It can help solve the problem. It is a fundamental right for women to join the parliament and decision-making bodies in the first place. "



Regarding Japan, which ranked 151st in the world with 10% of female ministers, he pointed out that "political parties that do not utilize women's knowledge and experience as wonderful assets have lost a lot."



On top of that, many countries have adopted a "quota system" that obliges the ratio of male and female members to be balanced by the ratio of candidates for parliament and seats, and "each country sets goals according to each situation. By doing so, the proportion of women in parliament can be increased, which requires the efforts of each political party and government. "