Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries

Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries

This timeline lists the dates of the first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries.

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. Note that suffrage rights are separate from the right to stand for election.

* 1918 - Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
* 1920 - Albania
* 1921 - Azerbaijan [http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage/a/intl_timeline.htm Woman Suffrage Timeline International - Winning the Vote Around the World ] ]
* 1922 - KyrgyzstanFact|date=September 2007
* 1924 - Tajikistan
* 1927 - Turkmenistan
* 1930 - Turkey
* 1932 - Maldives
* 1938 - Uzbekistan
* 1945 - Indonesia, Senegal
* 1946 - Brit Palestine
* 1946 - DjiboutiFact|date=September 2007
* 1947-1956 - Pakistan
* 1948-1980Fact|date=September 2007 - Iraq
* 1948 - Niger
* 1949-1953 - Syria
* 1952 - Côte d'Ivoire,Fact|date=September 2007 Lebanon
* 1955 - Ethiopia, EritreaFact|date=September 2007
* 1956 - Comoros, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Somalia
* 1957 - Malaysiahttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0931343.html%E2%80%9D]
* 1958 - Burkina Faso,Fact|date=September 2007 Chad,Fact|date=September 2007 GuineaFact|date=September 2007
* 1959 - Tunisia [ [http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/suffrage.htm#Note3 Women's Suffrage ] ]
* 1960 - Gambia
* 1961 - Sierra Leone
* 1962 - Algeria
* 1963 - Iran, Morocco
* 1964 - Libya, Sudan
* 1965 - Afghanistan [revoked under Taliban rule 1996-2001]
* 1970 - Yemen
* 1972 - Bangladesh
* 1974 - Jordan
* 1978 - Nigeria
* 1993-1994 - Kazakhstan
* 1999 - Qatar [http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2334]
* 2002 - Bahrain [ [http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=171 freedomhouse.org: Bahrain ] ]
* 2003 - Oman [ [http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=179 freedomhouse.org: Oman ] ]
* 2005 - Kuwait
* 2006 - UAE [ [http://www.iwdc.org/resources/suffrage.htm Untitled Document ] ] Brunei has no suffrage for men or women. Saudi Arabia has no women's suffrage.

References


* List of equal or majority Muslim countries on Wikipedia


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