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What are the national consequences of Dutch and European policy and international decisions and treaties for the emancipation and position of women? Atria is active as a platform for national and international work in the service of gender equality.

Fotocredits: Jerry Kiesewetter

In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, women have long fought in the Netherlands for the introduction of women's suffrage. Finally, the passive women's suffrage was introduced in 1917 and in 1919 the active women's suffrage was introduced. A good reflection of the population in parliament and cabinet is essential to give voice to various perspectives on society.

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CSW

Every year the United Nations is dominated by women and girls for a few weeks. The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) then meets to discuss gender equality and empowerment of women and girls worldwide and makes binding agreements about this.

International policy

What is happening in the Netherlands, EU and internationally in the field of gender equality and human rights?

Women's voting rights

Only in 1919 a bill for active women's suffrage was adopted in the Netherlands and women were allowed to vote. Nowadays, every Dutch person from the age of 18 can vote in elections to the House of Representatives, the Provincial States, the City Council and the European Parliament.

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