Cuba Woman's Rights by Lily Lang

The beigining of Cuba

2190495 — 2025-02-28 21:28:53 UTC

Cuba became a country on May 20th, 1902. Cuba is pretty new, but so is the women rights. Cuba is a republic and Unitary government and In 1902, Women didn't have rights and weren't recognized as much as they should have been

Women Can Vote!

2190495 — 2025-02-28 21:32:20 UTC

February 3rd in 1934, Woman finally gained the right to vote in Cuba after decades of protests!

Fair for everyone?

2190495 — 2025-02-28 21:36:16 UTC

In 1940, The Cuban Constitution established equal rights for all Cubans. A couple examples are Equal pay for equal work, regardless of gender or race. However, these laws were not enforced.

Equality for Women

2190495 — 2025-02-28 21:42:33 UTC

In 1975, The Family Code was enforced which recognized that Women were equal to all of her family members and that marriage would be based on equal rights for both partners.

The Cuban Revolution

2190495 — 2025-02-28 21:45:46 UTC

After the The Cuban Revolution (July 26 1953 -- Jan 1st 1959) Ended, Woman gained access to jobs, healthcare, and education. This caused woman literacy rates to go up 36%!

What did Women do to gain rights in Cuba?

2190495 — 2025-02-28 21:53:05 UTC

A couple things that Women did to gradually gain rights in Cuba include actively participating in the revolution, activism, and creating oppurtunities with self employment-- as the Cuban government made it easy for them to start their own businesses.

What about now?

2190495 — 2025-02-28 22:18:30 UTC

In present time, Women have mostly many rights! Cuba is third highest in having women in their main government. The percentage of women working in parliament is 55.7%! But there is some things that need to be improved. Physical and Sexual assault is still common and needs to be stopped, other problems still occur aswell.