Women's Right To Vote
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A Timespace showing the evolution of women's right to vote around the world. Cover image by Giacomo Ferroni. Under construction!
This timeline has 233 events organized into 8 topics:
- 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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This timeline has 233 events:
01/01/2003Oman: universal suffrage is granted
01/01/1979Guinea-Bissau
01/01/1931Portugal: women are allowed to vote
25/04/1974Portugal: universal suffrage
01/01/1974Jordan: women allowed to vote
24/10/2002Bahrain: women vote for the first time
01/01/1970Andorra: women allowed to vote
30/04/1965Lesotho
01/01/1953Bhutan
25/09/1955Cambodia
01/01/1947Taiwan
31/01/1924Kazakhstan
31/07/1946North Korea: Sex Equality Law passes
17/07/1948South Korea
01/01/1958Laos
01/01/1932Maldives
01/11/1924Mongolia
01/01/1929Myanmar
01/01/1951Nepal
18/07/1947Singapore
20/03/1931Sri Lanka: universal suffrage
01/01/1924Tajikistan
10/12/1932Thailand
01/01/1927Turkmenistan
01/01/1938Uzbekistan
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
01/01/1948Niger
25/09/1961Rwanda
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 Africa
01/01/1957Zimbabwe
23/09/1947Argentina: promulgation of Law 13.010
21/07/1952Bolivia
16/07/1934Brazil: all restrictions lifted
25/08/1954Colombia
01/01/1953Guyana
07/09/1955Peru: promulgation of Law 12.391
09/12/1948Suriname
20/09/1917Canada: limited suffrage
05/07/1962Algeria
01/09/1963Iran
01/01/1951Israel: Women’s Equal Rights Law
01/01/1952Lebanon
01/01/1963Libya
01/05/1963Morocco
01/01/1947Pakistan: independence from the British
01/01/1999Qatar
01/01/1956Somalia
10/09/1949Syria: women allowed to vote
01/01/1957Tunisia: municipal elections
01/06/1959Tunisia: all elections
01/01/1970Yemen (Arab Republic of Yemen)
12/06/1902Australia
17/04/1963Fiji: women allowed to vote
15/11/1967Kiribati
03/01/1968Nauru
19/09/1893New Zealand: women allowed to vote
15/02/1964Papua New Guinea: women allowed to vote
01/10/1990Samoa
01/01/1978Solomon Islands
01/01/1960Tonga
01/01/1947Tuvalu: women allowed to vote
01/11/1975Vanuatu
01/12/1951Antigua & Barbuda
18/02/1961The Bahamas
23/10/1950Barbados
25/03/1954Belize
17/11/1949Costa Rica
02/01/1934Cuba
01/07/1951Dominica
01/01/1942Dominican Republic
01/01/1939El Salvador: women allowed to vote
01/08/1951Grenada
25/11/1950Haiti
20/11/1944Jamaica
21/04/1955Nicaragua
01/07/1941Panama: limited voting rights for women
01/01/1951Saint Kitts and Nevis
01/01/1924Saint Lucia
05/05/1951Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
01/01/1946Trinidad and Tobago
01/01/1920Albania
02/02/1921Armenia
12/11/1918Austria
04/02/1919Belarus
09/05/1919Belgium: limited women suffrage
27/03/1948Belgium: universal suffrage
31/01/1949Bosnia and Herzegovina
16/10/1944Bulgaria
11/08/1945Croatia
16/08/1960Cyprus
29/02/1920Czech Republic
12/04/1917Estonia
20/07/1906Finland
21/04/1944France
22/11/1918Georgia
30/11/1918Germany
01/01/1918Hungary: limited suffrage
02/07/1928Ireland: universal suffrage
18/11/1918Latvia: women allowed to vote
05/10/1921Lithuania
15/05/1919Luxembourg
31/12/1946Macedonia
25/10/1947Malta
04/04/1978Moldova
17/12/1962Monaco
09/08/1919Netherlands: women allowed to vote
11/06/1913Norway: all restrictions lifted
28/11/1918Poland
01/07/1946Romania: all restrictions lifted
01/07/1917Russia
29/04/1959San Marino: women allowed to vote
01/01/1920Slovakia
10/08/1945Slovenia
01/10/1931Spain: women allowed to vote
10/03/1919Ukraine
02/07/1928Great Britain: universal suffrage
01/01/1929Afghanistan: return to Sharia Law
28/05/1952Greece: full suffrage
09/05/1919Netherlands
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