Fijian women remain severely under-represented in politics.

Only one in six of the more than 340 candidates putting their hand up for this month's election are women, a significant drop in the proportion of women since the previous poll in 2018.

Lynda Tabuya wants that to change.

The deputy leader of People's Alliance is pushing to use her own platform and popularity to get women to put their hand up for a tilt at public office.

But most are starting well behind the eight ball.