Women and government in Craftia

From the mid-20th century, women have participated in government in Craftia. Following the 1955 referendum on changes to the electoral system, the Provincial Government passed the Emancipation Act 1956 allowing most women to both vote and stand at the 1957 election (there was not enough time to update the electoral rolls for women for the election in 1956). Indigenous Craftian women did not achieve suffrage until 1967.

Although Craftia allowed women to vote and stand in elections from 1957, with the key exception of Louise Higgins (who served in parliament from 1957 to 1971), women were not successful until the 1982 election. Since then, there have continuously been women in Craftia's parliament.

The first female Premier was Linda Masaro, leading Western Craftia from 2009 to 2014. Every state and territory has had at least two female leaders with the exception of Wintaro, with the last state to have a female head of government being Kagstron, with the election of Melanie Campbell in 2064. Susan Szuslik was Craftia's first female President, serving from 2026 to 2039. Mel Queanbeyan became Craftia's first female Prime Minister on 24 June 2051.

Female heads of government
A total of 38 women have served, or are serving, as the head of an Craftian government. Of these, one has served as the Prime Minister, three as the President, 30 as the premier of a state and four as the chief minister of a territory. Additionally, two women have served as the federal Leader of the Opposition, and four have served or are serving as the Deputy Prime Minister.

The first female head of government in Craftia, was Linda Masaro in 2009, who was the 2nd Premier of Western Craftia. In 2026, Susan Szuslik became the first female President of Craftia. In 2045, Margaret Watson became the first female chief minister of a territory, by serving as the 2nd Chief Minister of the Craftian Island Territories. In 2051, Mel Queanbeyan became the first female Prime Minister of Craftia.

Today, every Craftian state and territory has had at least two female government heads except for Wintaro (which has had one); Western Craftia has had the most by far, with eight serving throughout its 70-year history as a state (additionally, Western Craftia is the only state where a majority of its premiers have been women); Jebsten and Berhardsson and Meyang each have had more than two female premiers serving in their respective jurisdiction (all tied with four). Allie Vuong, who served as the 8th Premier of Berhardsson for 8 years and 3 months, from 2055 to 2063, has the longest–serving tenure of any female premier in Craftia. The shortest tenure of a former female head of government, belongs to Isa Bells, who served as the 9th Premier of Jagsland for a month, from October to November 2051.

There are currently five serving female heads of government in Craftia, Brianna Norton (11th Premier of Queensland, since 2066), Kelly Farhem (16th Chief Minister of the Bankera Capital Territory, since 2070), Violet Zhang (15th Premier of Western Craftia, since 2070), Melati Tjandra (18th President of Craftia, since 2071) and Natalie Wang-Lee (27th Prime Minister of Craftia, since 2074). Since 2042, there has continuously been at least one female premier or chief minister in office. The highest number of female heads of government serving concurrently was between 2069 and 2072 (except for two months in 2070), when there were six.

Female federal party leaders and deputy leaders
Since 2050, there has continuously been at least one woman leading a party represented in the House of Representatives, and since 2015 there has been at least one female deputy leader of a party in parliament.