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

Women's Right 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
0
0
Tue 08
Wed 09
Thu 10
Fri 11
Sat 12
Sun 13
Mon 14
July 2025

Cote d'Ivoire

01/01/1952View on timeline

0 comments

Comment
No comments avaliable.

Author

Info

Published in 21/08/2019

Updated in 19/02/2021

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
01/01/1948NigerNiger
25/09/1961RwandaRwanda
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
01/01/1930South AfricaSouth Africa
01/01/1957Zimbabwe