1951) (expands suffrage) (extended to full rights) 1947 (includes Taiwan: with restrictions) (limited to municipal level) (establishment of the state) (establishment of the state) 1948 adopted The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 21 (establishment of the state) (first ever free elections were held in 2005) Dutch Surinam 1949 (right expanded to all elections on January 8 by Law No. 9,292) (establishment of the state) 1950s 1950 (all restrictions removed) 1951 1952 enacts Convention on the Political Rights of Women 1953 (all women and for national elections) 1954 1955 (as part of Ethiopia) 1956 1957 (by constitution) (nationwide) 1958 (South) 1959 (Swiss canton) (Swiss canton) 1960s 1960 (Swiss canton) 1961 1962 (universal suffrage Australian Aboriginals men and women) (revoked) (including men) 1963 (after a referendum) 1964 (Territory of Papua and Territory of New Guinea) 1965 (all restrictions removed). 1966 (Swiss canton) 1967 (women's vote made obligatory, like that of men's) 1968 (Swiss canton) (universal) (systemic limitations remained due to the general rule of being able to read) 1970s 1970 1971 (federal level) 1972 (suffrage enshrined in constitution adopted after independence) (For pre 1971 rights see British Raj 1935 and East/West Pakistan 1947.) 1973 (Bahrain did not hold elections until 2002) 1974 1975 1976 Timor Timur (Indonesia) (general restriction to be able to read was lifted after the democratication by the Carnation Revolution) 1977 1978 (North) 1980s 1984 1985 (first time) 1986 1989 (universal suffrage) 1990s 1991 (Swiss canton) was forced to accept women's suffrage by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (universal suffrage) 1996 (revoked) 1997 1999 (revoked) 21st century 2000s 2001 (re-granted after the fall of Taliban) 2003 2005 2006 (UAE) (limited suffrage for both men and women). 2010s 2015 (introduced along with right to run for municipal elections) 2020s 2021 (restricting previous full right, allowing "temporarily" limited voting rights) Note: In some countries, both men and women have limited suffrage. For example, in Brunei, which is a sultanate, there are no national elections, and voting exists only on local issues. In the United Arab Emirates the rulers of the seven emirates each select a proportion of voters for the Federal National Council (FNC) that together account for about 12% of Emirati citizens. See also Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) List of the first female holders of political offices in