Women's Association of Andorra
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| Associació de Dones d'Andorra | |
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| Formation | 1994 |
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| Type | Mass organization |
| Purpose | Women's rights |
| Headquarters | Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
Region served | Andorra |
| Members | 450[1] (2025 est.) |
President | Elvira Geli |
Vicepresident | Patty Bafino |
Women's Association of Andorra (Catalan: Associació de Dones d'Andorra, ADA) is a civil association based in Andorra that works with the aim of defending women's rights, improving their position in society and recovering their historical memory.
Founded in 1994, ADA is the first and oldest women association in the country, and also the most relevant. Among the milestones achieved by ADA are civil marriage and divorce, equality for women in acquiring nationality, and women's access to management positions in companies and politics.
Since 2025, its president is Elvira Geli.
Voting rights in Andorra were extended to women in 1970. On 30 April 1967, seven women, representing each municipality in Andorra, submitted a request to exercise political rights and began a campaign to collect signatures. Almost 400 women signed it, and it was presented to the General Council on 15 May 1968. It was approved with 10 votes in favour, 8 against and one abstention, but passive suffrage was not approved. It was finally formally approved by decree on 14 April 1970. Andorran women were not able to be elected until 1973, when lawmakers Jaume Bartumeu Canturri and Òscar Ribas Reig presented a motion to the Consell General to grant them the right, which was approved four months later. The first woman politician to be elected was Carme Travesset that same year, who was elected councillor of Escaldes-Engordany.[2]