Barbados

House of Assembly

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
1966
Year of first woman in parliament
1966

Notes: 1966: Prior to independence, a woman was elected to Parliament in 1951. the first time women got elected to Parliament after independence was in 1971 to the Lower House.

Year of first woman speaker
2012

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote
1950
National or local
National
Restricted or universal suffrage
Universal

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election
1950
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