Netherlands
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | No | Structure of parliament | Unicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | No | >Current members | 150 |
| Percentage of women | 40.67% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
The conservative Protestant party SGP has again voted down a proposal to formally recognize women’s eligibility for political and administrative roles, maintaining a
Nearly half (47 percent) of women in local politics face threats and hate online, compared to 35 percent of their male colleagues.
Dutch voters may be about to get someone very different from the outgoing veteran prime minister Mark Rutte.
Six years after Sigrid Kaag was catapulted into the highest ranks of Dutch politics, police keep a constant watch over her home.
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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.
With female participation in this week’s election in the Netherlands breaking records, one campaign group can be excused for feeling optimistic.
A Socialist Party MP is leaving parliament because she does not feel she can combine her work as a parliamentarian with being a mother.
Labour MP Khadija