Women's rights by country

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This article provides index of women's rights by country in various domains.








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Emancipation of women by country
Women's right in: Forced marriage prohibited?
(see: Forced marriage)		 Unmarried women emancipated? Married women emancipated? Men and women equalized in marriage? Notes and sources
Afghanistan No No No No [1]
Albania Since 1928 Yes Yes Yes [2]
Algeria Since 1984 Yes (since 2005) Yes (since 2005) No [3]
Angola Yes Yes Since 1996 Since 1996 [2]
Argentina Yes Since 1870 Since 1926/1968 Since 1987 [2][4][5]
Armenia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Australia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Austria Yes Yes Since 1975/6 Since 1978 [2][6]
Azerbaijan Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Bahrain Yes No: getting married No: leaving their home
Yes: Getting passport, leaving the country		 No [7][3]
Bangladesh Yes Yes Yes No [2][8]
Belarus Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Benin Since 2004 Yes Since 2002 Since 2005 [9][2]
Bhutan Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Bolivia Yes Yes Since 1972 Yes [2][4]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Botswana Yes Yes Since 2005 SInce 2005 [2]
Brazil Yes Yes Since 1962 Since 1988 [2][10]
Brunei Yes No No No [11]
Bulgaria Yes Yes Yes Since 1945 [2]
Burkina Faso Since 1990 Yes Since 1990 Since 1990 [12][2]
Burundi Yes Yes Since 1993 No [2][13]
Cambodia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Cameroon Since 2007 Yes No: getting a job No [2][14]
Canada Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Central African Republic Yes Yes Yes No [2][13]
Chad Yes Yes No: getting a job No [2][13][14]
Chile Yes Yes Since 1979 No Article 1749 of the Chile Civil Code stripulates man is the head of the household[2][13][4][15]
China Since 1950 Yes Yes Since 1950 New Marriage Law[16]
Colombia Yes Yes Since 1932 Yes [2][4]
Costa Rica Yes Yes Yes Yes [17]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Since 2006 Yes Since 2017 No [2][13]
Republic of the Congo Yes Yes Yes No [2]
Croatia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Cuba Yes Yes Since 1917 Yes [2][4]
Cyprus Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Czech Republic Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Denmark Yes Since 1857 Since 1899 Since 1925 [2]
Cyprus Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Djibouti Yes Yes No No [2][13]
Dominican Republic Yes Yes Since 1978 Yes [2][13]
Ecuador Yes Yes Since 1949 Yes [17][4]
Egypt No No No: Leaving their home, getting a job
Yes: Getting passport and travelling abroad (since 2000)		 No [2][13][18][3][14]
El Salvador Yes Yes Since 1902 Since 1994 [17][2][4]
Eritrea Yes Yes Since 1992 Since 1992 [17][2]
Estonia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Eswatini Yes Yes No: working a job No [2][14]
Ethiopia Since 2004 Yes Since 2000 Since 2000 [2]
Finland Yes Since 1864 Yes Since 1929 [2]
France Since 1804 Since 1893 Yes: Legal majority: Since 1938, right to work without husband permission: 1965 Since 1970 [19][20][21]
Gabon Yes Since 2021 Since 2021 [22]
Gambia Since 2016 [23]
Georgia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Germany Yes Yes 1977: Right to work without husband's permission Since 1979 [17][24]
Ghana Since 1999 Yes Yes Since 1999 [2]
Greece Yes Yes Since 1983 Since 1983 [2]
Guatemala Yes Yes Since 1963 Yes [17]
Guinea Yes Yes Since 2019 Since 2019 [2]
Guinea-Bissau Yes Yes No: getting a job No [2][13][14]
Guyana Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Haiti Yes Yes Yes Since 1983 [2]
Honduras Yes Yes Since 1906 Yes [17][4]
Hungary Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Iceland Yes Since 1861 Since 1899 Since 1923 [2]
India Yes Yes Yes Yes [17]
Indonesia Yes Yes Since 1963 No [2][8]
Iran Yes Yes No: Leaving home, getting passport requires husband permission No [2][3]
Iraq Since 1959 Since 1959 No: leaving their home
Yes: Getting passport (since 2014)		 No [25][2][13][3]
Ireland Yes Yes Yes Yes [17]
Israel Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Italy Yes Since 1865 Since 1975 Since 1975 [2]
Ivory Coast Since 1965 Yes Since 2013 Yes [26][2]
Japan Since 1889 Yes Yes Since 1947 [27]
Jordan Yes No: getting married No: leaving their home, getting a job
Yes: getting a passport (since 2013)		 No [2][13][3][14][28]
Kazakhstan Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Kenya Since 2001 Yes Yes Yes [17][29]
Kuwait Yes No: getting married No: leaving their home
Yes: getting passport (since 2009)		 No [30][3]
Kyrgyzstan Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Laos Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Latvia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Lebanon Yes No: leaving their home
Yes: getting a passport, leaving the country (since 1974)		 No [3]
Lesotho Yes Yes Since 2006 Since 2006 [2][31]
Liberia Yes Yes Since 1973 Since 1973 [2]
Libya Yes No No No [2][8][32]
Lithuania Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Luxembourg Yes Yes Since 1972 Yes [2]
Madagascar Yes Yes Since 2008 No [2][8]
Malawi Since 2010 Yes Yes Yes [2]
Malaysia Yes No: getting married No No [13][33]
Mali Since 1962 No No No [34][2]
Malta Yes Yes Yes Since 1994 [2]
Mauritania No No: getting married No: getting a job No Consent required for marriage of adult women, but "silence equates consent" for underage girls[35][14]
Mexico Yes Yes Since 1917 Since 1928 [17][4]
Moldova Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Mongolia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Montenegro Yes Since 1888 Yes Yes [2]
Morocco Since 2004 Since 2004 Since 2004 No [36][37][3]
Mozambique Yes Yes Since 2004 Since 2004 [2]
Myanmar Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Namibia Yes Yes Since 1996 Yes [2]
  Nepal Since 1963 Since 2002 Since 2007 Since 2007 [2]
Netherlands Yes Since 1795 Since 1956 Since 1984 [2][38]
New Zealand Yes Yes Since 1903 Since 1926 [2]
Nicaragua Yes Yes Since 1904 Yes [2][4]
Niger Yes Yes No: getting a job No [2][14]
Nigeria (Southern states) Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Nigeria (Sharia states) No No No No [39]
North Korea Since 1947 Yes Yes Yes [40]
North Macedonia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Norway Yes Since 1863 Since 1890 Since 1927 [2]
Oman Yes No No (leaving their home)
Yes: Getting a passport (since 2010)		 No [41][3]
Pakistan Since 2007 Yes Yes No [2][8]
Panama Yes Yes Yes Yes [17]
Papua New Guinea Yes Yes Since 1987/92 Yes [2]
Paraguay Yes Yes Since 1987 Yes [2]
Peru Yes Yes Since 1984 Since 1984 [2]
Philippines Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Poland Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Portugal Yes Since 1867 Since 1969 Since 1978 [2][42]
Qatar Yes No: leaving the country, getting married No: leaving their home
Yes: getting a passport (since 2007)		 No [43][3]
Romania Yes Yes Since 1932 Yes [2][44]
Russia Since 1724 Yes Yes Since 1918 [2]
Rwanda Yes Yes Since 1988 Since 1988 [2]
Saudi Arabia Since 2005 No: marriage
Yes: getting a passport (since 2019)		 No: Must obey husband
Yes: getting a passport (since 2019)		 No [45][3]
Senegal Yes Yes Yes No [8][2][14]
Serbia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Sierra Leone Since 2007 [9]
Singapore Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Slovakia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Slovenia Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Somalia No No No No [46]
Somaliland No No No No [46]
South Africa Yes Yes Yes Since 2000 [2]
South Korea Yes Yes Yes Since 2005 [2]
South Sudan No No No No [46]
Spain Yes Since 1978 Since 1981 Since 1981 [2]
Sudan No No No No [47][14][46]
Suriname Yes Yes Since 1981 Since 1981 [2]
Sweden Since 1734 Since 1863 – 1882 Since 1920 Since 1920 [48][49]
 Switzerland Yes Since 1884 Since 1984 Since 1988 [2]
Syria Yes Partially: Marriage No No [14][8][50]
Taiwan Yes Yes Since 1998 Since 2000 [2]
Tajikistan Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Thailand Since 1868 [51]
Timor-Leste Yes Yes Since 2012 Since 2012 [2]
Tonga Since 1956 No: Land ownership No: Land ownership [52]
Togo Since 2007 Yes Since 2014 Yes [2]
Tunisia Since 1956 Yes Yes, can work (since 2000), leave home (since 1993) and get passport without husband permission No [53][2][3]
Turkey Since 1917 Yes Yes Since 2001 [54]
Uganda Yes (civil marriage); No (Muslims) Yes (civil marriage); No (Muslims) Yes (civil marriage); No (Muslims) No [2][46]
Ukraine Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
United Arab Emirates Yes No: getting married
Yes: getting passport		 No: leaving their home
Yes: getting passport (since 2017)		 No [55][3]
United Kingdom Yes Yes Yes Since 1949 [2]
United States Yes Yes Yes Yes [2]
Uruguay Yes Yes Since 1946 Yes [2][4]
Uzbekistan Since 1926 [56]
Venezuela Yes Yes Since 1942 Yes [2][4]
Vietnam Since 1960 Yes Yes Yes [57][2]
Yemen No No No No Consent required for marriage of previously married women, but "silence equates consent" for never-married women[58][3]
Zambia Since 2011 Yes Yes Yes [2]
Zimbabwe Yes Yes Since 1982 Since 2022 [2]
Women's right in: Married women emancipated? Men and women equalized in marriage? Notes and sources
Alberta 1922 1920: equal guardianship rights [59][60]
British Columbia 1873 1917 [60]
Manitoba 1900 1922 [60][59]
New Brunswick 1895 ? [60]
Newfoundland and Labrador 1876 ? [60]
Nova Scotia 1884 1941 [60]
Ontario 1884 1927 [59][60]
Prince Edward Island 1903 ? [59]
Quebec 1964 1981 [59][61]
Saskatchewan 1907 1926 [60][59]

Australia

Women's right in: Married women emancipated? Men and women equalized in marriage? Notes and sources
New South Wales 1879 ? [62]
Queensland 1890 ? [62]
South Australia 1884 ? [62]
Tasmania 1883 ? [62]
Victoria 1884 ? [62]
Western Australia 1892 ? [62]

United States

Women's right in:[63][64][65] Married women emancipated? Men and women equalized in marriage? Notes and sources
Separate earnings Separate property Work without husband permission
Alabama 1877 1867 ? 1981 [66]
Alaska ? ? ? ?
Arizona 1873 1871 1871 ?
Arkansas 1873 1871 1868 ?
California 1872 1872 1872 ?
Colorado 1861/1874 1861/1874 1874 ?
Connecticut 1877 1877 1877 ?
Delaware 1873 1873/5 ? ?
Florida 1892 1943 ? ?
Georgia 1861 1873 ? 1983 [67]
Hawaii ? ? ? ?
Idaho 1915/1887 1903 1887 ?
Illinois 1861/9 1861 1874 ?
Indiana 1879 1879 ? ?
Iowa 1870/3 1873 1873 ?
Kansas 1858/68 1858/68 1868 ?
Kentucky 1873 1894 1873 ?
Louisiana 1928 1916 1894 1980
Maine 1857 1844/55 1844 ?
Maryland 1842/60 1860 1860 ?
Massachusetts 1846/74 1855/72 1874 ?
Michigan 1911 1855 ? ?
Minnesota 1869 1869 1874 ?
Mississippi 1871/3 1871/80 1871 ?
Missouri 1875/9 1875/9 ? ?
Montana 1874/87 1872/87 1874 ?
Nebraska 1871/81 1871/81 1881 ?
Nevada 1873 1873 1873 ?
New Hampshire 1867 1860/7 1876 ?
New Jersey 1874 1852 1874 ?
New Mexico ? 1884 ? ?
New York 1860 1848 1860 ?
North Carolina 1873/1913 1868 1874 ?
North Dakota 1877 1877 1877 ?
Ohio 1861 1861 ? ?
Oklahoma ? 1883 ? 1984 [68]
Oregon 1872/80 1878 1880 ?
Pennsylvania 1872 1848 ? ?
Rhode Island 1872/4 1872/48 ? ?
South Carolina 1887 1868/70 1970 ?
South Dakota 1877 1877 1877
Tennessee 1919 1870/1919 ? ?
Texas 1913/68 1913/68 ? 1968 [69]
Utah 1895/7 1872/95 1895 ?
Vermont 1888 1881 1881 ?
Virginia 1888 1877/8 ? ?
Washington 1881/9 1881/9 1889 ?
West Virginia 1893 1868 1893 ?
Wisconsin 1872 1850 ? 1921 [70]
Wyoming 1869/76 1869/76 1876 ?

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