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How the global battle for female suffrage influenced Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 8, 2021 The risk of international reputational damage was another factor that brought an end to the Swiss resistance to giving women the vote 50 years ago.

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Who gets to control the freedom of expression?

This content was published on Feb 8, 2021 Democracy vs the Tech Giants: debates have flared after the tumultuous transfer of power in the US in January.

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The introduction of women’s suffrage worldwide

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 Switzerland gave women the right to vote on February 7, 1971. The Alpine nation was one of the last to introduce women suffrage.

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‘The burka initiative defends the dignity of women’

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 The initiative to ban hiding one's face in public allows for 'adequate exceptions', says Jean-Luc Addor from the Swiss People’s Party.

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‘The burka initiative only serves to throw fuel on the fire’

This content was published on Feb 4, 2021 A ban on the burka and the niqab in Switzerland would be counterproductive, says Greta Gysin from the Green Party.

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The power of voting: still not a matter of course

This content was published on Feb 3, 2021 In this week’s democracy briefing: kicking off SWI swissinfo.ch’s series on 50 years of women’s suffrage in Switzerland.

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Women in Swiss politics: still a long way to go

This content was published on Feb 3, 2021 Fifty years after getting the right to vote, women are better represented in the Swiss parliament than ever. But this is deceptive.

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Appenzell Inner Rhodes: the last Swiss canton to give women the vote in 1991

This content was published on Feb 2, 2021 While women in Switzerland were allowed to vote in 1971, those of canton Appenzell Inner Rhodes had to wait until 1990.

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‘Without women’s suffrage, Switzerland is not a democracy’.

This content was published on Feb 2, 2021

Voting rights: which groups are still locked out?

Foreigners, young people, criminals, the severely disabled: who should be given the right to vote in elections and referendums?

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