A Timespace showing the evolution of women's right to vote around the world. Cover image by Giacomo Ferroni. Under construction!

Europe

Switzerland Finland

Norway: women allowed to vote in special cases

Denmark: women allowed to vote in municipal elections Portugal: Carolina Beatriz Ângelo becomes the first woman to vote Norway: all restrictions lifted Denmark: women allowed to vote in national elections Iceland: women of a certain age allowed to vote Netherlands: women allowed to stand for elections, but still can't vote Estonia Russia Hungary: limited suffrage Ireland: women over 30 years allowed to vote and stand for election Austria Latvia: women allowed to vote Georgia Poland Germany Belarus Ukraine Belgium: limited women suffrage Netherlands Luxembourg Netherlands: women allowed to vote Albania Slovakia Czech Republic Slovenia: women allowed to vote in municipal elections Armenia Belgium: women allowed to stand for election, with restrictions Lithuania Ireland: universal suffrage Great Britain: universal suffrage Romania: women have restricted voting rights Great Britain: with age restriction (over 30 years old) Portugal: women are allowed to vote Spain: women allowed to stand for election Spain: women allowed to vote France Bulgaria Italy: women can vote, but their right to be elected was limited Slovenia Croatia Romania: all restrictions lifted Macedonia Malta Belgium: universal suffrage Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece: full suffrage San Marino: women allowed to vote Cyprus Monaco Andorra: women allowed to vote Switzerland: women are first allowed to vote on federal elections San Marino: women allowed to stand for election Portugal: universal suffrage Moldova Liechtenstein: referendum grants women right to vote

North America

Canada: limited suffrage Canada: voting rights expanded; still excluded based on race United States of America: the 19th amendment passed Mexico: women allowed to vote in municipal elections Canada: Indigenous women and men get the federal vote Mexico: women allowed electoral rights in federal elections

Asia

Kyrgyzstan: women allowed to vote after Soviet occupation Tajikistan Kazakhstan Mongolia Turkmenistan Myanmar Sri Lanka: universal suffrage Maldives Thailand Philippines: women's suffrage is granted after a special plebiscite Uzbekistan Indonesia: proclamation of independence and universal suffrage Vietnam: first election in which women are allowed to vote North Korea: Sex Equality Law passes Taiwan Japan: post-war constitution comes into effect and establishes universal suffrage Singapore India: women are allowed to vote after independence from the United Kingdom South Korea China: women allowed to vote after the proclamation of the People's Republic of China India: constitution comes into effect and consolidates women's right to vote Nepal Bhutan Cambodia Malaysia: becomes independent from the United Kingdom and women are allowed to vote Laos Bangladesh: a new constitution is adopted granting women right to vote Western Samoa: suffrage to all citizens over 21 is granted Western Samoa: first election since universal suffrage

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa Senegal Togo Djibouti: women allowed to vote Liberia Cameroon Niger Seychelles Cote d'Ivoire Ghana Eritrea Ethiopia Benin Comoros Mali Mauritius Gabon Zimbabwe Chad Burkina Faso Guinea Tanzania Madagascar Gambia Malawi Sierra Leone Mauritania Burundi Rwanda Uganda Zambia Congo Republic Kenya: universal suffrage Equatorial Guinea Sudan Botswana: universal suffrage Lesotho Democratic Republic of the Congo: the constitution introduces women suffrage Swaziland Mozambique: the country becomes independent from Portugal Cape Verde: the country becomes independent from Portugal Sao Tome and Principe: the country becomes independent from Portugal Angola: the country becomes independent from Portugal Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Nigeria: Northern women are allowed to vote Central African Republic Djibouti: women allowed to stand for election Namibia: the country holds its first election, supervised by the UN

Middle East, North Africa and Greater Arabia

Afghanistan: women are denied many rights under Taleban rule Afghanistan: women are denied many rights under Taleban rule Afghanistan: women are denied many rights under Taleban rule Afghanistan: women are denied many rights under Taleban rule Azerbaijan: women over 20 are allowed to vote and stand for election Afghanistan: the country becomes independent and women are allowed to vote Afghanistan: return to Sharia Law Turkey: women allowed to vote in local elections Turkey: women allowed to stand for election and vote in national elections Pakistan: independence from the British Syria: women allowed to vote Israel: Women’s Equal Rights Law Lebanon Syria: women allowed to stand for election Somalia Egypt: new constitution affirms gender equality in electoral rights Tunisia: municipal elections Tunisia: all elections Algeria Libya Morocco Iran Afghanistan: new constitution allows women to vote and run for office Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen) Yemen (Arab Republic of Yemen) Jordan: women allowed to vote Iraq: women are granted the right to vote and run for office Kuwait: voting is first introduced in the country and women have the right to vote Jordan: women exercise their right to vote for the first time Oman: first Gulf State to allow women to vote Afghanistan: women are denied many rights under Taleban rule Qatar Bahrain: women vote for the first time Oman: universal suffrage is granted Afghanistan: women allowed to vote by the most recent constitution Kuwait: 1999 ban on women's suffrage is lifted UAE: 1,163 women allowed to vote in the country's first ever election Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah lifts ban on women's vote Saudi Arabia: first election that allows women to vote

Central America and the Caribbean

Saint Lucia Cuba El Salvador: women allowed to vote Panama: limited voting rights for women Dominican Republic Jamaica Guatemala: new constitution lifts restrictions on voting Trinidad and Tobago Panama: all restrictions lifted on women suffrage Costa Rica Barbados Haiti Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Dominica Grenada Antigua & Barbuda Belize Nicaragua El Salvador: women allowed to stand for election The Bahamas

South America

Uruguay: Rita Ribeiro, the first Latin American woman to vote Brazil: Celina Guimarães Viana becomes the first Brazilian woman to vote Ecuador: new constitution passes the law for women suffrage Brazil: women allowed to vote, with restrictions Chile: women suffrage allowed for municipal elections Brazil: all restrictions lifted Uruguay: first election that allows women's vote Venezuela: new constitution grants women suffrage Argentina: promulgation of Law 13.010 Suriname Chile: women allowed to vote in presidential and parlamentary elections Bolivia Guyana Colombia Peru: promulgation of Law 12.391 Paraguay: women are given the same political rights as men

Australia and Oceania

New Zealand: women allowed to vote Australia: Women in South Australia are enfranchised Australia New Zealand: women allowed to stand for election Tuvalu: women allowed to vote Tonga Australia: all aboriginal people get the right to vote Papua New Guinea: women allowed to stand for election Fiji: women allowed to vote Fiji: women allowed to stand for election Papua New Guinea: women allowed to vote Tuvalu: women allowed to stand for election Kiribati Nauru Vanuatu Solomon Islands Palau: the Palauan constitution is drafted and women have the right to vote Marshall Islands: women get the right to vote Federated States of Micronesia: women get the right to vote Samoa

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