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Gender:

http://www.emancipatie.nl

An extensive site with all kinds of information on emancipation and gender issues. Contains many links to other relevant sites.

http://www.opportunity.nl

Opportunity in Bedrijf was established in response to the explicit wish of trade and industry to employ more talented women and to the Dutch Government's finding that the Netherlands has far fewer top female executives than many other countries. Opportunity in Bedrijf is a foundation set up to promote gender diversity at senior executive level in businesses and other organisations.

http://www.mixed-equal.nl

Mixed is a Dutch program supporting the promotion of women into higher positions in the labour force. Mixed has two main objectives:

• The development, dissemination and monitoring of instruments promoting the advancement of women into higher-level positions in the work force.
• To put and maintain on the corporate agenda the advancement of women into higher-level positions in the work force.

Ethnicity

http://www.forum.nl

Forum is the Dutch centre of expertise for a multi-cultural society. Ethnic diversity at work is one of the issues that is covered on this site. The site also contains a large number of links to other sites on ethnic/national diversity.

Age

http://www.lbl.nl

LBL, Expertise Centre Age and Society, was established by the Dutch government in 1994, because of serious concerns about ageism and age discrimination. The work of LBL is aimed at raising awareness, fostering opinions and influencing decision-making. The bureau contributes to changing the way in which society thinks about age and the course of life. Also, the bureau acts against unjustified distinctions on the basis of age.

Disabilities

http://www.werkendperspectief.nl

The goal of the ‘Commission Working Perspective' is to ensure that people with disabilities are offered equal opportunities at work.

General

http://www.cgb.nl

In the Netherlands, Article 1 of the Constitution prohibits discrimination. The Dutch equal treatment laws elaborate on this norm. These laws are complex and prohibit unequal treatment in specific fields and on a limited number of grounds. The Dutch Equal Treatment Commission is an independent organization that was established in 1994 to promote and monitor compliance with these laws. The Commission also gives advice and information about the norm. Anybody in the Netherlands can seek advice or an opinion from the Commission about a specific situation concerning unequal treatment, free of charge. This Website contains information about the Equal Treatment Commission and about equal treatment legislation.