Editing Women's suffrage (section)

==== Afghanistan ====
[[File:Women voting afghanistan 2004 usaid.jpg|thumb|Women voting in [[Kabul]] at the [[2004 Afghan presidential election|first presidential election (October 2004)]] in Afghan history ]]
 
Women were granted suffrage in 1919 but elections were abolished in 1929.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2017 |title=The Fight For Women's Voting Rights |url=https://centralasiainstitute.org/womens-voting-rights/ |access-date=20 October 2024 |website=Central Asia Institute}}</ref> Women were again granted suffrage in 1964,<ref name="ABC-CLIO-2020">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3_rDwAAQBAJ&q=Women%27s+suffrage+in+Afghanistan+1964&pg=PA77 |title=Women's Suffrage: The Complete Guide to the Nineteenth Amendment |publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781440871993|editor= Wayne, Tiffany K.|date=2020}}</ref><ref name="Sankey, Margaret D.-2018">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HxqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR24 |title=Women and War in the 21st Century: A Country-by-Country Guide |author= Sankey, Margaret D. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1440857669 |date=2018}}</ref><ref name="Springer-2018">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPZ0DwAAQBAJ&q=Women%27s+suffrage+in+Afghanistan+1964&pg=PA187 |title=The Palgrave Handbook of Women's Political Rights |publisher=Springer |editor1-last=Franceschet |editor1-first=Susan |editor2-last=Krook |editor2-first=Mona Lena |isbn=978-1137590749 |date=2018}}</ref> and have been able to vote in [[Afghanistan]] since 1965 (except during Taliban rule, 1996–2001, when no elections were held).<ref name=Timeline />  {{As of|2009}}, women have been casting fewer ballots in part due to being unaware of their voting rights.<ref>"Fewer Women Cast Votes In Afghanistan." ''Herizons'' 23.2 (2009): 7. ''Academic Search Complete''. Web. October 4, 2016.</ref> In the 2014 election, Afghanistan's elected president pledged to bring women equal rights.<ref>Jason, Straziuso. "Afghanistan's President-Elect Promises Prominent Role, Equal Rights For Country's Women." ''Canadian Press, The'' (n.d.): ''Newspaper Source Plus''. Web. October 4, 2016.</ref>

In early 2021, there were 69 women elected as Members of Parliament in Afghanistan; however, after the [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|Fall of Kabul]] in late 2021, 60 of them fled the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asis-59598535|title=BBC website, ''Finding Afghanistan’s exiled women MPs'', article by Tom Donkin dated December 10, 2021}}</ref>  Legally, women are allowed to vote.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ahmed-Ghosh |first=Huma |date=2003 |title=A History of Women in Afghanistan: Lessons Learnt for the Future or Yesterdays and Tomorrow: Women in Afghanistan |url=https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol4/iss3/1/ |journal=Journal of International Women's Studies |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=1–14 |issn=1539-8706}}</ref> However, there have been no government elections in the country since 2021, and all political parties have been banned since 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-ban-afghan-political-parties-citing-sharia-violations/7228136.html|title=Taliban Ban Afghan Political Parties, Citing Sharia Violations|date=August 16, 2023|website=Voice of America}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/afghanistan/freedom-world/2023|title=Afghanistan: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report|website=Freedom House}}</ref>