Antigua and Barbuda

House of Representatives

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
No

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Date of independence
1981
Year of first woman in parliament
1984

Notes: 1984: The first woman to be elected to Parliament was in 1994 for the House of Representatives.

Year of first woman speaker
1994

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote
1951
National or local
National
Restricted or universal suffrage
Universal

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election
1951
National or local
National
Restricted or universal
No information available

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No