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Prominent Swiss women in the fields of business and law include Emilie Kempin-Spyri (1853–1901), the first woman to graduate with a law degree and to be accepted as an academic lecturer in the country, [4] and Isabelle Welton, the head of IBM Switzerland and one of few women in the country to hold a top-level position in a business firm. [6] [7]
Nevertheless, these first national women's votes wrote Swiss history, because they gave an important push for the later official establishment of women's suffrage. Thus Unterbäch was the first community in Switzerland to establish the communal voting and election rights for women – in spite of the ban by the Valais (Wallis) executive council.
Pages in category "History of women in Switzerland" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Women in Switzerland obtained the right to vote at federal level in 1971, [9] and at local cantonal level between 1959 and 1972, except for Appenzell in 1989/1990, [10] see Women's suffrage in Switzerland. In Saudi Arabia, women were first allowed to vote in December 2015 in the municipal elections. [11]
While Switzerland has one of the strongest economies in the world, the country falls behind on metrics related to gender equality. Women In Switzerland Scream In Protest Of Gender Inequality Skip ...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France delivered its ruling in a case brought by more than 2,000 Swiss women, the majority of whom are in their 70s, against Switzerland ...
In 1957, the Federal Council revised its doubts on women's suffrage and openly supported it. [7] Eventually a national referendum was held in 1959 which resulted in the men voting against women's suffrage. [8] The Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage was established by the Committee of Swiss women against women's suffrage. [7]