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Portugal: Carolina Beatriz Ângelo becomes the first woman to vote
France
Moldova
Monaco
Spain: women allowed to vote
Canada: Indigenous women and men get the federal vote
United States of America: the 19th amendment passed
Bangladesh: a new constitution is adopted granting women right to vote
India: constitution comes into effect and consolidates women's right to vote
Japan: post-war constitution comes into effect and establishes universal suffrage
Kyrgyzstan: women allowed to vote after Soviet occupation
Philippines: women's suffrage is granted after a special plebiscite
Namibia: the country holds its first election, supervised by the UN
Angola: the country becomes independent from Portugal
Niger
Rwanda
South Africa
Saudi Arabia: first election that allows women to vote
Afghanistan: women allowed to vote by the most recent constitution
Afghanistan: the country becomes independent and women are allowed to vote
Afghanistan: new constitution allows women to vote and run for office
Kuwait: voting is first introduced in the country and women have the right to vote
Egypt: new constitution affirms gender equality in electoral rights
Turkey: women allowed to stand for election and vote in national elections
Dominican Republic
El Salvador: women allowed to stand for election
Saint Lucia
Ecuador: new constitution passes the law for women suffrage
Paraguay: women are given the same political rights as men
Venezuela: new constitution grants women suffrage
Nauru
New Zealand: women allowed to vote
New Zealand: women allowed to stand for election
Samoa
Tuvalu: women allowed to vote
Europe
North America
Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East, North Africa and Greater Arabia
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Australia and Oceania
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All events in the topic Sub-Saharan Africa:
01/01/1979Guinea-Bissau
30/04/1965Lesotho
01/01/1956Benin
01/03/1965Botswana: universal suffrage
28/09/1958Burkina Faso
17/08/1961Burundi
01/10/1946Cameroon
01/01/1986Central African Republic
01/01/1958Chad
01/01/1956Comoros
08/12/1963Congo Republic
01/01/1952Cote d'Ivoire
01/01/1946Djibouti: women allowed to vote
15/12/1963Equatorial Guinea
04/11/1955Eritrea
04/11/1955 • 12:00:00Ethiopia
23/05/1956Gabon
01/01/1960Gambia
01/01/1954Ghana
02/10/1958Guinea
01/01/1977Guinea-Bissau
12/12/1963Kenya: universal suffrage
07/05/1946Liberia
29/04/1959Madagascar
01/01/1961Malawi
01/01/1956Mali
20/05/1961Mauritania
01/01/1956Mauritius
19/02/1945Senegal
06/08/1948Seychelles
27/04/1961Sierra Leone
01/11/1964Sudan
06/09/1968Swaziland
01/01/1959Tanzania
22/08/1945Togo
01/01/1962Uganda
30/10/1962Zambia
01/01/1957Zimbabwe
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