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This timeline lists the dates of thefirstwomen's suffrage inMuslim 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 establisheduniversal suffrage upon national independence, includingPakistan,Bangladesh,Indonesia, andMalaysia. In mostNorth 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 universalsuffrage for women, and some may have regressed in women's rights since the initial granting of suffrage.
Pakistan[2] (upon itsnational independence)
Lebanon[2] (an educational requirement)[5]
Ivory Coast[2]
Afghanistan (first time)
Bangladesh[2][6] (Bangladesh achieved independence on December 16, 1971 and women suffrage was never barred.)
West Bank (women allowed to vote in local elections for the first time; at the previous election, in 1972, only male property owners could vote)[9]
Nigeria (North)
Afghanistan (revoked by theTaliban)Gaza Strip (first elections held in the territory since 1923)[13]
Afghanistan (re-granted after the fall of theTaliban)
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