Editing Women's suffrage (section)

==== Italy ====
In Italy, women's suffrage was not introduced following [[World War&nbsp;I]], but upheld by [[Socialism|Socialist]] and [[Fascism|Fascist]] activists and partly introduced on a local or municipal level by [[Benito Mussolini]]'s government in 1925.<ref>{{cite book|author=Passmore, Kevin |title=Women, Gender and Fascism|page= 16|publisher=Manchester University Press|year= 2003|isbn=0719066174}}</ref> In April 1945, the provisional government led by the [[Italian Resistance]] decreed the universal enfranchisement of women in Italy, allowing for the immediate appointment of women to public office, of which the first was Elena Fischli Dreher.<ref>{{cite web |first=Elena |last=Fischli Dreher (1913–2005) |title=donna di azione e di fede |publisher=Voce Evangelica |url=http://www.voceevangelica.ch/miscellanea/miscellanea.cfm?item=12470 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919043018/http://www.voceevangelica.ch/miscellanea/miscellanea.cfm?item=12470 |archive-date=September 19, 2015 }}</ref> In the [[1946 Italian general election|1946 election]], all Italians simultaneously voted for the Constituent Assembly and for [[1946 Italian institutional referendum|a referendum]] about keeping Italy a [[Kingdom of Italy|monarchy]] or creating a [[History of the Italian Republic|republic]] instead. Elections were not held in the [[Julian March]] and [[History of South Tyrol#After World War II|South Tyrol]] because they were under [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] occupation.

The new version of [[Constitution of Italy#Political Rights and Duties (Articles 48-54)|article 51 Constitution]] recognizes equal opportunities in electoral lists.<ref>Also before the Amendment to Constitution, there was a favor of constitutionality for the so-called "pink" clause in the electoral rules, a reserve quota by sex (...) on the electoral roll.{{cite journal|last1=Buonomo|first1=Giampiero|title=Il debutto delle pari opportunità in Costituzione: la modifica dell'articolo 51|journal=Diritto&Giustizia Edizione Online|date=2003|url=https://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89339257|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324160801/https://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89339257|url-status=dead}}</ref>