Women in Andorra

Legally, women in Andorra have equal rights under the laws of the Principality of Andorra. Voting rights were extended to women in 1970, and a majority of the General Council are female. Abortion is illegal and the pay gap is around 40%.

Modern-day women from Andorra.

Women's rights in Andorra

Andorra prohibits discrimination based on gender identity.^[1]

In 1969, 370 women presented a petition to the General Council demanding the voting rights be extended to women,^[2] which was done in 1970.^[3] Carme Travesset, who was elected to the city council of Escaldes–Engordany in 1973, was the first woman to hold elected office in the country.^[4] In 2019, Roser Suñé Pascuet became the first woman to hold the position of General Syndic of the General Council.^[2] The percentage of seats held by women in the General Council rose from 36% to 50% after the 2019 election.^[5][6] In 2022, the electoral law was changed and resulted in 40% gender quota for female candidates.^[1] Eva Descarrega became Andorra's first female ambassador to Spain in 2024.^[7]

Women were first admitted to the Police Corps of Andorra's tactical team, Grup d'Intervencio Policia d'Andorra, in 2024.^[8]

Prostitution is illegal.^[9] Abortion, for any reason, is illegal in Andorra. Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, an abortion rights activist, was sued for by the government of Andorra for defamation against the government. The Council of Europe reported in 2020, that Andorra should improve its data collection and support system for sexual violence in order to better implement the Istanbul Convention.^[1] The gender pay gap in Andorra is estimated to be between 22-40%.^[6][1]

See also

• Human rights in Andorra