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Yemen was the first nation on the Arabian Peninsula to _____.

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Allowed women to vote

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Yemen was the first nation in the Arabian Peninsula to give voting rights to women - it did it in 1967 (South Yemen) and 1970 (North Yemen) - just before Portugal introduced full gender equality in voting! The next country on the Arabian Peninsula was Bahrain in 1973
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