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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.
United States – Utah Territory passed a law granting women's suffrage. Utah women citizens voted in municipal elections that spring and a general election on August 1, beating Wyoming women to the polls. [28] The women's suffrage law was later repealed as part of the Edmunds–Tucker Act in 1887.
There are many organizations fighting for women’s equality throughout the Middle East. [26] Some of them advocate freely for their causes, like in Morocco, while others must be careful not to challenge too much the already established order. There are women’s advocacy organizations which function independently from the government.
Emily Nasrallah was a Lebanese author and women's rights activist. [61] She was granted the National Order of the Cedar by President of the Republic of Lebanon General Michel Aoun in recognition of her literary contributions one month before her death. [62] She documented the women's rights movement during the Lebanese civil war. [62]
The campaign for women's suffrage started in 1923, when the women's umbrella organization Tokyo Rengo Fujinkai was founded and created several sub groups to address different women's issues, one of whom, Fusen Kakutoku Domei (FKD), was to work for the introduction of women's suffrage and political rights. [151]
Women throughout the Middle East earn less than men although there are labour laws in place that dictate equal opportunities for promotion and training and equal pay for the same type of work. These labour laws are frequently violated in regards to not only salary but also benefits such as loans for senior officials or housing allowances. [ 24 ]
In the 2003 election, women created mock ballots that “allowed hundreds of women to cast symbolic votes for real candidates.” [2] In March 2005, 1,000 people surrounded the Kuwaiti parliament and on May 17, a bill was passed 37 votes for and 21 votes against, granting Kuwaiti women the right to vote and run for an elected office. [3]
Some countries in Africa: The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol, guarantees comprehensive rights to women including the right to take part in the political process, to social and political equality with men, to control of their reproductive health ...