Things are just as bad at lower levels of government, where women account for a mere 13.1% of representatives in local parliaments, more than 40% of which have no female members at all. As the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Abe should instruct local party branches to choose more female candidates to run in next April’s local elections.
低级别政府的情况也一样糟糕，妇女只占地方议会代表的13.1%，有40%的选区一名妇女议员都没有。作为自民党领袖，安倍应该要求地方党分支选择更多妇女候选人参加明年4月的地方选举。但是，至少到目前为止，安倍似乎没有这样做的意愿（尽管他可能与地方党组织领导人达成幕后交易，提拔更多女性）。