According to Mikiko Eto, a political science professor at Hosei University, such law would be 'the most important point' to address the disbalance.
In countries where women's descriptive representation is still very low, affirmative actions like gender quotas seem to be the first step to take.
In Taiwan, women make up 41.6% of parliament due to reserved seats and candidate quotas, while Indonesia saw an increase from 10% to 20% female lawmakers with a 30% gender quota.
While India passed a bill setting aside 33% of seats for women, the quota was not implemented in the most recent election, resulting in only 14% female lawmakers being elected.
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