Haiti

Chamber of Deputies

Political system: Presidential system
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
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

Year of first woman in parliament: 1961
Year of first woman speaker: Not applicable

Notes: No woman has occupied the function of Speaker in the country.

Women’s right to vote

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

Notes: The Constitution of 1985 extended the right to vote to all citizens and established equality between the sexes.

Women’s right to stand for election

Women's right to stand for election: 1957
National or local: National
Restricted or universal: No information available

Notes: Right to stand for election granted after the 6 December 1950 elections and confirmed in article 16 of the 1957 Constitution.