An institutional reforms advocacy group has urged the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry to table a white paper to end the nation’s “appalling” under-representation of women in the political arena.

According to a survey by the International Parliamentary Union (IPU), Project - Stability and Accountability for Malaysia (Projek Sama), Malaysia is ranked 150 amongst 190 countries for women’s representation in the Parliament.

Projek Sama then pointed out that only 30 (13.51 percent) out of 222 lawmakers are women...