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Brunei — Women (and Lebanon — Partial

men) have been denied suffrage. Women do


the right to vote or to have the right to vote in
stand for election since elections but on the
1962. The small island condition that they
nation is a sultanate, require proof of
meaning that it is ruled by receiving elementary
a sultan who appoints his education. However, the
own government officials, same is not said for
so neither women nor men, as they do not
men can vote in national have to provide evidence
elections. Both can vote in of this. In Lebanon
local elections after the Voting is compulsory
age of 18. country's for men but optional for
constitution. women.

Saudi Arabia – The


Vatican City - No elections country of Saudi Arabia
are held in Vatican City, has only recently been
meaning that neither male granted women’s
nor female citizens or suffrage. The first local
residents have electoral Women’s Suffrage Today elections ever held in the
voting rights. However, WHERE IN THE WORLD DO WOMEN HAVE NO VOTE?country occurred in
when the leader of the Holy 2005. Women were not
See is elected by the College given the right to vote or
of Cardinals, the only Lily Ertle | 26/02/18 to stand for election
people with the rights to until 2015, where around
vote are Cardinals and as 130,000 women
women have been denied registered to vote, in
the right to become a comparison to the male
Cardinal they cannot vote voter registration, which
for the Pope. stood at 1.35 million.

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