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  Japan's ruling party invites more women to meetings, as long as they don't talk
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Last EditedRP  Feb 18, 2021 10:21am
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AuthorJu-min Park, Chang-Ran Kim
News DateWednesday, February 17, 2021 01:50:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionJapan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, long seen as a homogeneous redoubt of elderly men, now wants more women at its key meetings - provided they don’t do the talking.

The party, in power for most of the time since 1955, has proposed allowing five female lawmakers to join its board meetings as observers in a response to criticism that its board is dominated by men.
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