Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Burundi
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Burundi
Under Article 8 of Title I, of The State and of The Sovereignty of The People, all Brudians are granted universal suffrage if they are 18 years of age (Constitute Project, “Burundi's Constitution of 2005” ). Women gained the right to vote in Burundi in 1961. (Ramirez et.al. 1997,
References:
"Burundi 2005 Constitution": https://constituteproject.org/constitution/Burundi_2005
Ramirez, Francisco O, Yasemin Soysal, and Suzanne Shanahan. “The Changing Logic of Political Citizenship: Cross-National Acquisition of Women’s Suffrage Rights, 1890 to 1990.” American Sociological Review 62.5 (1997): 744.