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
We offer several resources in Dutch. Find them all in our archives.
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This policy brief of VWS details the approach of the Dutch government to tackle FGM, in reaction to the report "Strategies to prevent FGM" (see T/I_XXX) Policy Framework Issuer...
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The Dutch Government carried out the Prive Geweld - Publieke Zaak (‘Private Violence - Public Issue') programme from 2002 to 2008....
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On 1 October 2000, the project "Preventing and combating domestic violence" was launched....
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Following the fact that the Netherlands did not have any prosecutions, some political parties in the Dutch 'Tweede Kamer' requested a more active prosecution policy, in which a more solid ro...
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This note outlines the milestones of the policy regarding emancipation on mid-term. FGM is part of this note, under the chapter Human Rights and women....
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This letter states that the Dutch Government does not allow FGM in Netherlands Policy Framework Issuer Minister of Health (WVC)
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Estimations of incidence and prevalence of FGM, based on statistical calculations....
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Written questionnaire to 807 respondents (professionals/schools/organisations) in Amsterdam and 173 in Tilburg Data Collection Author(s) Kramer M, Dijkema P, Joris I, Tichelman P, Verhoeff A...
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Retrospective survey by sending questionnaire to midwifery practice; response rate was 93% (n=478). Respondents were asked about the number of circumcised women they had in 2008. Data Collection...
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Data collected from website of National Bureau of Statistics (CBS) Data Collection Author(s) Exterkate M, de Jager M Year of data collection 2010-2011 Study population...