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Thursday, July 20, 2023
Women make up a majority of Dutch Cabinet members for first time ever
Netherlands Times
Once VVD parliamentarian Marielle Paul is sworn in as Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the Dutch Cabinet will consist of more women than men for the first time ever. The caretaker Rutte IV Cabinet has a total of 29 Ministers and...
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Friday, July 14, 2023
Netherlands: another prominent woman quits national politics over "ugly" atmosphere; more concerns raised
NL Times
Independent Member of Parliament Liane den Haan announced on Thursday that she is leaving politics. "The current politics are ugly," she stated on Twitter. She wrote that opportunism and populism make up the current state of affairs, and that has...
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander (C) and Prime Minister Mark Rutte pose for a photo with other ministers of the new the government AP Photo/Peter Dejong
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Women get parity as Dutch government sworn in after record delay
Euronews
The new government has been sworn into office in the Netherlands, a record 299 days after the country's last election.Mark Rutte is now set to become the Netherlands’ longest-serving prime minister as he leads a fourth separate executive. Rutte has...
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The last cabinet of the last Dutch government, pictured here in 2017. -Copyright Credit:AP
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Dutch election: Is online sexism holding women back from becoming MPs?
Euronews
With female participation in this week’s election in the Netherlands breaking records, one campaign group can be excused for feeling optimistic. Stem op een Vrouw(Vote for A Women) was set up in 2017 to achieve parity in the Dutch parliament and...
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Will the Netherlands’ gender quota experiment work?
The Spectator
Quotas are unpopular, especially in the liberal Netherlands. But next week its parliament is expected to impose a quota system to ensure major businesses employ more women at the highest levels. A law is being tabled in parliament which would force...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2018
Dutch MP quits: blames not being able to combine parliament with motherhood
Dutch News
A Socialist Party MP is leaving parliament because she does not feel she can combine her work as a parliamentarian with being a mother. Nine Kooiman, 37, has been an MP for nearly eight years and had her first child last year. ‘I realise that I am...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Khadija Arib is the New Chairman of the Dutch Parliament
Labour MP Khadija Arib has been elected the new chairman of the Dutch lower chamber of parliament. Arib was born in Morocco and has been an MP since 1998. The leadership of the Freedom Party does not agree with her appointment because of her dual...
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Thursday, April 09, 2015
WILPF 2015 Conference Workshop: “A Feminist Playbook for Peace: Re-Owning 1325,” Women’s Power to Stop War Conference
From April 27-29, 2015, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) 2015 Conference will take place in The Hague, Netherlands. In cooperation with WILPF, the Consortium is co-organizing a workshop: “A Feminist Playbook for Peace:...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Election: Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles elect a legislature. The Estates (Staten) have 22 members, elected for a four year term in three multi-seat constuencies and 2 single-seat constituencies. Executive power rests with a governor, and a prime minister heads an...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
7th European Feminist Research Conference Gendered Cultures at the Crossroads of Imagination, Knowledge and Politics
The 7th European Feminist Research Conference "Gendered Cultures" focuses on Europe and European perspectives, combining the Humanities with (inter)disciplinary research from other scientific traditions. It actively seeks cutting-edge...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Feminist Visions for a Just Europe
The aim of this year´s conference is to examine select European global players´ roles (and responsibilities) in the world viewed through the lens of women´s rights and gender justice. Its main purpose is to facilitate an envisioning process of...
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