This handbook provides an account of women’s political rights across all major regions of the world, focusing both on women’s right to vote and women’s right to run for political office. Authors map and assess the impact of groundbreaking reforms, providing insight into these dynamics in a wide array of countries where women’s suffrage and representation have taken different paths and led to varying degrees of transformation. On the eve of many countries celebrating a century of women’s suffrage, as well as record numbers of women elected and appointed to political office, this timely volume offers an important introduction to ongoing developments related to women’s political empowerment worldwide.