Antigua and Barbuda
Senate
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Political system
Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
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Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament
Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
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Bicameral
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IPU membership
Current membership status
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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
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Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940.
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1981
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Year of first woman in parliament
Year in which the first woman entered parliament
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1984
Notes: 1984: The first woman to be elected to Parliament was in 1994 for the House of Representatives.
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Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
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1994
Women’s right to vote
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Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote. More than one year may be displayed depending on the status of the right: restricted or universal and changes in status.
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1951
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National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
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National
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Restricted or universal suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
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Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
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Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election. More than one year may be displayed based on the status of the right: restricted or universal and shifts to the status.
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1951
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National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
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National
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Restricted or universal
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
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No information available