The percentage of female parliamentarians in parliaments around the world reached a record high of 26.1%, while Japan was less than 10%, which is the lowest level among all the countries in the world.
The IPU = Inter-Parliamentary Union, which is formed by members of each country, has announced the percentage of female members of the House of Representatives and the unicameral parliament in the world before "International Women's Day" on March 8 as of January 1. I summarized the situation.
According to this, the proportion of women in parliaments in each country was 26.1% overall, the highest ever.
Of the 188 countries surveyed,
female parliamentarians accounted for the highest proportion
at 61.3% in Rwanda, Africa
, 53.4% in Cuba,
and 50.6% in Nicaragua.
In Japan, the percentage of women in the House of Representatives decreased by 0.2 points from the previous year to 9.7%, ranking 165th, which is the lowest level among the countries in the world.
Among the seven G7 countries,
▽ France was ranked 34th with 39.5%,
▽ USA was ranked 72nd with 27.7%, and
▽ Japan was the only one in the 100th place.
IPU "Japan needs to accelerate efforts"
IPU = Inter-Parliamentary Union Secretary-General Chung-Gon said in an interview with NHK on the 4th that the proportion of female members in parliaments around the world reached a record high, but at the current pace, the number of men and women in parliament will be the same. He said it would take about 40 years and said that further efforts were needed.
Also, regarding the situation where the percentage of female members of the House of Representatives is less than 10% in Japan, "Although there are proposals by individual politicians to increase the number of female members, it has led to effective measures to actually increase it. No, "he pointed out.
He added, "Japanese society is male-dominated and needs to be changed. I look forward to efforts to create more female members," and emphasized the need to accelerate efforts in Japan.