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National scene: Low number of women running in elections
The government said on Sunday the portion of women participating in legislative elections remained stagnant at 17 percent, lower than the 30 percent quota mandated by a law on elections
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he government said on Sunday the portion of women participating in legislative elections remained stagnant at 17 percent, lower than the 30 percent quota mandated by a law on elections.
Elly Yuniarti, the ministry’s subdivision head for democracy enhancement, said the low percentage remained at the same level for the 2009 and 2014 general elections.
“In the elections, the proportion of women in the legislature failed to meet the 30 percent quota,” she said.
Elly said political education was important to improve the quality of women able to fulfill legislative and government posts.
She also said it was the responsibility of political parties to train good candidates for the jobs. “Female party cadres should be given roles so that they are literate about politics,” said Elly.
She expected that more female candidates would participate in upcoming regional elections next year. The election will be conducted across 101 regions, including Jakarta.
