Focus Question: What is the state of women's suffrage and women's political participation around the world?
Topics on the Page
Historical Timeline of Women and Suffrage
Women Leaders in the World
Women in Politics in the United States
Women's Participation in Saudi Arabia Politics
Global History of Women's Suffrage
All the Countries (59) That Had a Woman Leader Before the U.S., CNN Politics
Percentage of Women in National Parliaments
These Countries Have the Most Women in Parliament, World Economic Forum (February 2019)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Historical Timeline of Women and Suffrage
- This timeline shows when women around the world were granted suffrage and given the right to stand for election (1).
- New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote in 1893
- Women are not allowed to vote in Vatican City elections, the only country where women cannot vote.
When Did Women Vote? Interactive Map from Scholastic
OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Interactive Data on women's political participation around the world (2015)
Women Leaders in the World
The Tiny Nation of Iceland is Crushing the U.S. in Electing Female Politicians, Fortune (October 31, 2016)
- Women hold 30 of 63 seats in Parliament making Iceland the most equal country in in the world without a quota system.
- Rwanda has 64% women lawmakers; Bolivia has 53% followed by Cuba and then Iceland
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, sometimes referred to as the "Leader of the Free World"
Women Rising: Political Leadership in Africa
Interview with Bharati Silwal-Giri, member of Nepali Congress Party and expert on gender
Text of speech by Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director, on women's political participation worldwide
Female Heads of State and Government in 2017 with links to pages about each
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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia |
Number of Women Leaders Around the World has Grown, but They're Still a Small Group, from Pew Research Center, July 30, 2015
- In 2015, there were 18 female world leaders; one in ten of the leaders of United Nations member states were women
- Half are the first woman to hold that country's highest office
- Finland has the highest percentage of women in ministerial positions: 62.5% (January 2015 data)
Facts and Figures: Leadership and Political Participation, from United Nations
How Do We Get More Women in Politics? World Economic Forum
Women in Politics in the United States
CrashCourse on Women's Suffrage in the United States
TIME Magazine takes a look at fifty women who changed the face of American politics, including
NPR Article: Why Aren't There More Women in Politics?
Nancy Pelosi, the only Speaker of the House in US Congressional history, discusses the need for women in politics in a 2010 TedTalk
Kimberly Peeler-Allen, founder of Higher Heights, discusses the role and importance of black women in politics
Hayat Sindi, Female Member, Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia
Women's Participation in Saudi Arabia Politics
Women voted in Saudi Arabia for the first time in 2015.
Ladies First: Saudi Arabia's Female Candidates, International Times Documentaries, New York Times
- Saudi Women Aren't Allowed to Drive or Travel Alone, but now they can run for political office
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Life as a Woman in Saudi Arabia?
Global History of Women's Suffrage
This list gives examples of leaders in the women's suffrage movement and provides biographies for them (3). BROKEN
(4)
A brief video explaining the spread of women's suffrage throughout the world (5).
The Electoral Act of 1893 granted women the right to vote in New Zealand.
- New Zealand was the first country to grant women suffrage and this website shows the text of the document (6).
Frederick Douglass attended the woman's right convention at Seneca Falls and this speech shows the relationship between women's suffrage and African-American suffrage in the United States (7).
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)
Biography from BBC
Primary Sources
Emmeline Pankhurst. Elisabeth Kaiser. Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2017
(1).http://womensuffrage.org/?page_id=69
(2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-qTa1yPfzg
(3) https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/rightsforwomen/listofleaders.html
(4) http://thephonograph.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/6-suffragist-picketing4.jpg
(5)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3D8f57vrN8
(6) http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GovActs-t1-g1-t2-g1-g1-t1.html
(7) http://www.blackpast.org/1888-frederick-douglass-woman-suffrage
(8) http://www.emersonkent.com/speeches/freedom_or_death.htm
(9) http://a3.files.biography.com/image/upload/c_fill,cs_srgb,dpr_1.0,g_face,h_300,q_80,w_300/MTE5NDg0MDU1MDkzOTM3Njc5.jpg
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