36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates?

Political Funds Act (2016)

Article 26 (Subsidies for Fielding Female Candidates to Run in Elections for Public Office) (1) The State shall include an amount obtained by multiplying 100 won by the total number of eligible voters in the most recently held election for National Assembly members at the expiration of their terms of office, in the budget of the year during which an election for National Assembly members, an election for City/Do council members, or an election for autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members is held at the expiration of their terms of office as subsidies for payment to political parties that field female candidates to run in an election for constituency National Assembly members, an election for constituency City/Do council members, or an election for constituency autonomous Gu/Si/Gun council members (hereinafter referred to as "subsidies for fielding female candidates").