Albanian women gained the right to vote on February 9, 1920, during the Congress of Lushnja, at a time when the country was seeking to consolidate itself as an independent state. A step forward for a society that today, surprisingly, campaigns for the Laje e Zegjine.
Meanwhile, French women gained this right on April 21, 1944, near the end of World War II, as part of a wave of reforms aimed at democratizing French society after the Nazi occupation. Another reminder that even a nation that taught us the words “revolution,” “freedom,” and “equality” has dragged its feet for decades on equality.
Greek women gained the right to vote later, in 1952, as part of the country's post-war recovery and political modernization. A country that once sang of wise goddesses and invincible warriors, but where for decades it was thought that women could not even decide who would be mayor.
But perhaps most surprisingly, Swiss women only gained the right to vote on February 7, 1971, making Switzerland one of the last countries in Europe to grant this fundamental right to half its population. For a nation that taught us the precision of timepieces and political neutrality, it seems that gender equality has been stuck in some deep bank vault.
In Saudi Arabia, men and women only have the right to vote in local elections. The parliament is elected by the King.
Meanwhile, in the Sultanate of Brunei, neither men nor women have the right to vote. The Sultan decides for everyone, sparing the people the stress of campaigning, false promises, and the nightmare of broken promises.
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