Women in Andorra

Legally, women in Andorra have equal rights under the laws of the Principality of Andorra. Voting rights were extended to women in 1970, and a majority of the General Council are female. Abortion is illegal and the pay gap is around 40%.

Women's rights in Andorra

Andorra prohibits discrimination based on gender identity.[1]

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.[2]

Carme Travesset, who was elected to the city council of Escaldes–Engordany in 1973, was the first woman to hold elected office in the country.[3][4][5] Bibiana Rossa and Lydia Magallon became the first female mayors to be elected in 1995. [6]

In 2019, Roser Suñé Pascuet became the first woman to hold the position of General Syndic of the General Council.[4] The percentage of seats held by women in the General Council rose from 36% to 50% after the 2019 election.[7][8] In 2022, the electoral law was changed and resulted in 40% gender quota for female candidates.[1] Eva Descarrega became Andorra's first female ambassador to Spain in 2024.[9]

In 1994 it was founded the Women's Association of Andorra (Associació de Dones d'Andorra), the country's main women association.[10][11]

Women were first admitted to the Police Corps of Andorra's tactical team, Grup d'Intervencio Policia d'Andorra, in 2024.[12]

Prostitution is illegal.[13] Abortion, for any reason, is illegal in Andorra. Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, an abortion rights activist, was sued for by the government of Andorra for defamation against the government. The Council of Europe reported in 2020, that Andorra should improve its data collection and support system for sexual violence in order to better implement the Istanbul Convention.[1] The gender pay gap in Andorra is estimated to be between 22-40%.[8][1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Freedom House 2024.
  2. ^ "52 anys del dret femení a votar". Ara. 14 April 2022.
  3. ^ Diari d'Andorra 2022.
  4. ^ a b Esteban 2019.
  5. ^ BBC.
  6. ^ Grau, Mari Carme (4 December 1995). "Por primera vez habrá mujeres alcaldesas en Andorra". El País.
  7. ^ Freedom House 2019.
  8. ^ a b Freedom House 2020.
  9. ^ Solanelles 2024.
  10. ^ Castellví, Blanca (26 September 2025). "La lluita continua, 30 anys després". Diari d'Andorra.
  11. ^ "La nostra història". Associació de Dones d'Andorra.
  12. ^ GIPA 2024.
  13. ^ Ribas 2018.

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