Groups call for gender quota in Parliament, state assemblies
Civil society groups, political parties, and elected representatives have urged the government to introduce gender quotas in Parliament and the state assemblies through party-list seats, saying Malaysia is among the worst performers in Southeast Asia for women’s parliamentary representation.
The groups said Malaysia ranked 152nd out of 188 countries monitored by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, with women making up just 13.45% of MPs and 11.56% of state assembly members.
In a joint statement, they called for reforms modelled after Thailand and Taiwan, where legislatures have party-list proportional representation with gender quotas alongside first-past-the-post (FPTP) seats.
Such a hybrid system, known as Mixed Member Majoritarian (MMM), would require a constitutional amendment at the federal…
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