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Open letter to the Dutch government: Government's approach to Zwarte Piet

Is the government right to refrain from stating an opinion about Zwarte Piet? Having no opinion is no option anymore. The government owes the Netherlands an official statement.

Wendelmoet Hamelink • 05-12-2014

Diversity

Ethnic identification need not be an expression of Otherness

Belonging is a contested issue in the Netherlands. Those who define their identity in ethnic terms are treated with distrust. Why do individuals at times define themselves as ‘Moroccan’ or ‘Turkish’ and does it really make them any less Dutch?

Marieke Slootman • 28-11-2014

Digitalisation

A new boost for feminism

The word feminism has negative connotations. Yet, the stereotypes of feminists as ‘man-hating’, unsexy, complaining women have recently been shaken by Emma Watson, Beyoncé, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. How did they give feminism a new stimulus?

Floor Hendriks • 25-11-2014

Diversity

Revolutionary times in Burkina Faso

Two and a half weeks ago a popular uprising ousted Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaoré after 27 years of power. It raises the question that many African societies face: Are there alternatives and who can give hope to the young generation?

Sabine Luning • 17-11-2014

Diversity

The Uncertainty of Help

What role do local institutions of mutual security play in managing the growing economic and political uncertainties in African communities today? How do people in everyday life manage these economic and political insecurities?

Erik Bähre + 1 other • 13-11-2014

Diversity

Whose land is it anyway?

Property is not just a legal term that states who owns what. Discussions on property reveal a bigger picture, in which not only the law but history and oral tradition take part as well.

• 30-10-2014

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Open letter to the Dutch government: Government's approach to Zwarte Piet

Ethnic identification need not be an expression of Otherness

A new boost for feminism

Revolutionary times in Burkina Faso

The Uncertainty of Help

Whose land is it anyway?