Highest Ever Female Participation Rate in Appointed Positions on Local Government Committees

44.9% of Metropolitan Local Governments, 40.8% of Basic Local Governments
Recommendation to Improve Committees with Less Than 40% Female Participation Rate

Provided by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The participation rate of women appointed to local government committees has reached an all-time high.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced on the 28th the results of a survey on the gender participation status of appointed members in committees under metropolitan and basic local governments as of the end of 2019.

The average participation rate of appointed women was 44.9% in metropolitan local governments, an increase of 2.7 percentage points compared to 2017. In basic local governments, it was 40.8%, up 5.2 percentage points during the same period. Additionally, the proportion of individual committees achieving a female participation rate of 40% or higher was 84.6% in metropolitan local governments, rising 2.6 percentage points from 2018, and 64.8% in basic local governments, up 4.6 percentage points.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family recommended improvements to 5,790 committees (330 under metropolitan jurisdiction, 5,460 under basic jurisdiction) after reviewing the reasons for not meeting the 40% female participation rate in 5,821 committees (354 metropolitan, 5,467 basic) through the Gender Equality Working Committee.

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