Netherlands
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Progress of gender equality in the Netherlands
The Netherlands scores 75.9 out of 100 points in EIGE's Gender Equality Index 2021. Find out why and explore all the scores on our website.
Gender statistics on the Netherlands
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Translations of EIGE's work in Dutch
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- Country profile: Gender Equality Index
With 72.1 out of 100 points, the Netherlands ranks sixth in the EU on the Gender Equality Index. Its score is 4.7 points higher than the EU’s score....
- PublicationViolence
Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and that status reflects the unbalanced distribution of social, political, and economic power among women and men in society....
- Good practicePoverty
Inclusion for isolated migrant women...
- Good practiceHealth, Violence
FGM as a very serious and damaging form of child abuse...
- PublicationViolence, Health
- Good practice
Until 2013, the SGP (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij or Reformed Political Party) was unique among Dutch political parties in that, based on its interpretation of the Bible, it prohibited women from ...