Interesting Facts > Democracy

• In 1919, Kenya became the first African colony to give women the right to vote.
• You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt - at least in theory.
• In the last Argentinian elections, 21% of the votes were declared invalid.
• In Belgium, 55% of government ministers are female. The country’s first female parliamentarian was appointed in 1921.
• The United States allowed women to stand for election in 1788. 132 years later, women were finally allowed to vote in elections.

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