The seven-member Standing Committee of the Politburo has never had a female member
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskon October 22nd and 23rd, only a small number of women appeared on the lists. None had been expected to make the seven-member Standing Committee of the Politburo, which has never had a female member. But for the first time in 25 years, there is not a single woman on the Politburo either . That body has usually had one woman, a convention that reeks of tokenism. On the larger Central Committee there are 33 women .
Women make up nearly a third of the Communist Party’s membership. But they are also poorly represented on provincial and county bodies. Relative to other countries, China is falling far behind. According to this year’s “Global Gender Gap Report”, published by the World Economic Forum, China ranks 80th in terms of female representation in parliament, down from 57th a decade ago. When it comes to women in ministerial positions, China fell from 86th to 139th.
. “Gender equality is one of the lowest priorities in the Chinese government,” he says. Men move up through male patronage networks—just look at Mr Xi’s new team. Meanwhile, feminist activists are persecuted. China is a conservative country, where women are often expected to put their family before their careers. Even when they gain high-level jobs in government, they are often shunted into fields, such as health care or education, that don’t lead to the top.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline"Too few at the top"
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