the date signifies the year women were granted the right both to vote and to stand for election. The countries listed below currently have a Parliament or have had one at some point in their history.
		1893 New Zealand 1918 Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation 1919 Belarus 1920 Albania, Slovakia 1921 Armenia, Azerbaijan 1924 Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Saint Lucia, Tajikistan 1927 Turkmenistan 1929 Ecuador, Romania 1930 Turkey 1931 Chile, Sri Lanka 1932 Maldives, Thailand, Uruguay 1934 Brazil, Cuba 1935 Myanmar 1937 Philippines 1938 Bolivia, Uzbekistan 1939 El Salvador 1941 Panama 1942 Dominican Republic 1944 Jamaica 1945 Guyana, Indonesia, Senegal, Slovenia, Togo 1946 Cameroon, D.P.R. of Korea, Djibouti, Guatemala, Liberia, Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela,                  Viet Nam 1947 Malta, Mexico, Pakistan, Singapore 1948 Niger, Republic of Korea, Seychelles, Suriname 1949 China, Costa Rica, Syrian Arab Republic 1950 Barbados, Haiti, India 1951 Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Nepal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and                 the Grenadines 1952 Côte d'Ivoire, Greece, Lebanon 1953 Bhutan, Guyana 1954 Belize, Ghana 1955 Cambodia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nicaragua 1956 Benin, Comoros, Egypt, Gabon, Mali, Mauritius, Somalia 1957 Malaysia, Zimbabwe 1958 Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Lao P.D.R., Nigeria (South) 1959 Madagascar, San Marino, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania 1960 Cyprus, Gambia, Tonga 1961 Bahamas, Burundi, Malawi, Mauritania, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sierra Leone 1962 Algeria, Uganda, Zambia 1963 Afghanistan, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Morocco,                       Papua New Guinea 1964 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Sudan 1965 Bostwana, Lesotho 1967 Kiribati, Tuvalu, Yemen (D.P. R.) 1968 Nauru, Swaziland 1970 Andorra, Yemen (Arab Republic) 1972 Bangladesh 1973 Bahrain 1974 Jordan, Solomon Islands 1975 Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Vanuatu 1977 Guinea Bissau 1978 Nigeria (North) 1979 Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Fed. States), Palau 1980 Iraq, Vanuatu 1984 Liechtenstein 1986 Central African Republic 1989 Namibia 1990 Samoa 1993 Kazakhstan 2005 Kuwait