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
Links
Papua New Guinea. Pacific Women in Politics.
Reports
Papua New Guinea. Human Rights Watch. World Report 2017.
Current news
Women’s participation and preferential voting in PNG elections. The Interpreter. May 2018.
Papua New Guinea’s Parliament Has No Women. Global Citizen. March 2018.
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