Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Supreme People's Assembly

Political system: Communist system
Structure of parliament: Unicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Date of independence: 1948
Year of first woman in parliament: 1948
Year of first woman speaker: Not applicable

Notes: No woman has occupied the function of Speaker in the country.

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote: 1948
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Notes: Prior to sovereignty, under Allied administration, Women's suffrage was granted in the Law on Equality of the Sexes, adpoted on 30 July 1946

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election: 1946
National or local: National
Restricted or universal: No information available