Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries
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This timeline lists the dates of the first women's suffrage in Muslim majority countries. Dates for the right to vote, suffrage, as distinct from the right to stand for election and hold office, are listed.
Some countries with majority Muslim populations established universal suffrage upon national independence, such as Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Malaysia. In most North Africa countries, women participated in the first national elections or soon following.[1] Some dates relate to regional elections and, where possible, the second date of general election has been included. Even countries listed may not have universal suffrage for women, and some may have regressed in women's rights since the initial granting of suffrage.
Timeline
1917
1918
1920
1921
1924
1927
1930
1932
1934
1938
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1952
Lebanon[4] (An educational requirement).[5]
Ivory Coast[4]
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
Afghanistan (first time)
1967
1970
1972
Bangladesh[4][6] (Bangladesh achieved independence on December 16, 1971 and women suffrage was never barred)
1973
1974
1978
Nigeria (North)
1980
1985
1996
Afghanistan (revoked by Taliban)
1999
2002
Afghanistan (re-granted after the fall of Taliban)
2003
2005
2006
2011
See also
- Rawya Ateya (first female parliamentarian in Egypt and the Arab world)
- List of equal or majority Muslim countries
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
- List of women's rights activists
- Sex segregation in Islam
- Timeline of women's suffrage
- Women in Islam
References
- ^ Caraway, Teri L. (2004). "Inclusion and Democratization: Class, Gender, Race, and the Extension of Suffrage". Comparative Politics. 36 (4): 443–460. doi:10.2307/4150170. JSTOR 4150170.
- ^ Pipes, Richard (1997). The Formation of the Soviet Union: Communism and Nationalism, 1917-1923. Harvard University Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780674309517.
- ^ Tadeusz Swietochowski. Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community. Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN 0521522455, 9780521522458, p.144
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Lewis, Jone Johnson. "International Woman Suffrage Timeline". About.com. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ a b Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook : Volume I: Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia. Oxford University Press. 2001. p. 174. ISBN 0191530417.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Timeline of Women's Suffrage Granted, by Country". Infoplease. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ a b c "A World Chronology of the Recognition of Women's Rights to Vote and to Stand for Election". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Timeline: Brunei". BBC News. 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
- ^ a b c Apollo Rwomire (2001). African Women and Children: Crisis and Response. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 8. ISBN 9780275962180.
- ^ Henderson, Simon. "Women in Gulf Politics:A Progress Report". Washington Institute. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ Al Kitbi, Ebtisam (20 July 2004). "Women's Political Status in the GCC States". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Women in Saudi Arabia 'to vote and run in elections'". BBC News. London. September 25, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
