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For an Experiment in Political Affirmative Action, Look to Taiwan

21 October 2026 at 10:01
The island adopted quotas for women running for public office decades before other countries. The upshot? Today, few of them need quotas to get elected.

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Su Chiao-hui campaigning for a mayoral post in Taiwan. Women hold 42 percent of Taiwan’s legislative seats, the highest share in Asia and comparable to Nordic countries.
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