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Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to
Women Bogotá, Colombia, March 30- May 2, 1948
The governments represented at the Ninth International Conference of American
States.
Considering:
That the majority of the American Republics, inspired by lofty principles of justice, have granted political
rights to women;
That it has been a constant aspiration of the American community of nations to equalize the status for
men and women in the enjoyment and exercise of political rights;
That Resolution XX of the Eighth International Conference of American States expressly declares:
"That women have the right to political treatment on the basis of equality with men"; That long before the
women of America demanded their rights they were able to carry out nobly all their responsibilities side by
side with men;
That the principle of equality of human rights for men and women is contained in the Charter of the United
Nations,
Have Resolved:
To authorize their respective Representatives, whose Full Powers have been found to be in good and due
form, to sign the following articles:
Article 1
The High Contracting Parties agree that the right to vote and to be elected to national office shall not be
denied or abridged by reason of sex.
Article 2
The present Convention shall be open for signature by the American States and shall be ratified in
accordance with their respective constitutional procedures. The original instrument, the Spanish, English,
Portuguese and French texts of which are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the General
Secretariat of the Organization of American States, which shall transmit certified copies to the
Governments for the purpose of ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the
General Secretariat of the Organization of American States, which shall notify the signatory governments
of the said deposit. Such notification shall serve as an exchange of ratifications.