Feb 14, 2024 at 1:07 PM Update: 20 minutes ago Billions of euros to combat discrimination and inequality of opportunity in secondary vocational education are not being spent properly. But any major policy adjustments will have to wait until there is a new cabinet, outgoing education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf said on Wednesday. The Ministry of … Read more
Jan 2, 2024 at 1:10 PM Update: an hour ago Anyone who wants to report discrimination via the free national telephone number 0800-0880 must be patient for a few extra days. The telecom supplier that was supposed to activate the number on January 1 appears to have stopped working. This is what the national reporting … Read more
Dec 18, 2023 at 7:02 AM Update: an hour ago Eliminating discrimination in youth care is difficult. A “white gaze” within the sector is one of the causes. This is the first exploratory study into the problem. The report has already been viewed by NU.nl. “Little is done to prevent discrimination and racism,” says researcher … Read more
Dec 16, 2023 at 11:48 AM Update: an hour ago Guusje ter Horst was appointed at the end of last year as the administrative driving force for Unlimited Participation to stand up for people with disabilities. A year later, the former minister is annoyed by the lack of clarity. “I continue to harass municipalities.” The … Read more
Jul 01, 2023 at 2:38 PMUpdate: 11 minutes ago King Willem-Alexander has apologized for the Dutch slavery past. The king did so on Saturday afternoon in a speech during the National Remembrance Day of Slavery in Amsterdam. “For this crime against humanity, I ask forgiveness,” the king said. 0:50 Play button The king said that … Read more
By Afran Groenewoud and Danja Koeleman 01 July 2023 at 05:00 The pressure on King Willem-Alexander to apologize on Saturday during the annual commemoration of the slavery past is great. What can we expect from the king’s speech 150 years after the abolition of slavery? It is still unclear whether Willem-Alexander, following the government’s lead, … Read more
On Saturday it will be exactly 150 years ago that slavery in Suriname also ended in practice. A year of commemoration around the Dutch slavery past will also begin. A selection of how our country will reflect on the end of slavery this weekend. Slavery committees across the country organize commemorations and celebrations. The most … Read more