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Once VVD parliamentarian Marielle Paul is sworn in as Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the Dutch Cabinet will consist of more women than men for the first time ever. The caretaker Rutte IV Cabinet has a total of 29 Ministers and State Secretaries. Fifteen of them are women, NOS reports.

The number of women serving as Provincial Executive Members within the provincial councils is historically low, AD reported on Friday. The analysis revealed that following the provincial elections in March, fewer than one-quarter of the proposed and nominated provincial leaders are women. Men exclusively fill the leadership roles in two provinces, namely Flevoland and Zeeland.

More people vote for a woman, boosting female councillor total by 456

‘Vote for a woman’ campaign pays off as more women win council seats

Election watch: most local councillors are called Jan, Peter and Henk

The Dutch royal family will stop using a horse-drawn gold-covered coach dating from the late 19th century that has long drawn criticism for its painte

The horse-drawn coach, a gift from the city of Amsterdam to Queen Wilhelmina in 1898, has long been the target of critics.

With female participation in this weeks election in the Netherlands breaking records, one campaign group can be excused for feeling optimistic. Stem op een Vrouw (Vote For A Women) was set up in 2017 to achieve parity in the Dutch parliament and have as many women and men in the 150-seat parliament. Last year, around a third of MPs in the House of Representatives were female, according to statistics from the World Bank. Thats down from 42% in 2010, the highest proportion in the country for more...