Botswana

National Assembly

Political system: Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament: Unicameral
IPU membership: Yes

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: 1979
Year of first woman speaker: 2009

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote: 1965
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Notes: Formally a British Colony, the 1965 Constitution only came into force upon independence in 1966

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election: No information available
Restricted or universal: No information available