Freedom of Religion or Belief and Gender Equality in the Netherlands

he Dutch approach to calibrating freedom of religion or belief and gender equality is characterized by its outspokenness as far as external affairs are concerned and, historically, the absence of a similar degree of fortitude when it comes to its internal affairs. Recently, the two perspectivesinternal affairs and external relations-have become more or less aligned. This process was significantly steered both by judicial rulings as well as interventions by human rights monitoring bodies, in which judicial recourse was mobilized in turn by civil society. The nonproactive attitude on the part of the state must be understood-yet not necessarily justified-on account of its unique political constellation in which pillars, polders, and principles are driving, if conflicting, forces. This article aims to analyze these pillars, polders, and principles, which explains a certain passivity of the Dutch state and the Dutch government in gender equality issues radically contrasting the government's international efforts to promote gender equality and women's rights

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