In the Netherlands only few women have top positions in business life. The Dutch Constitution has a Law on Equal Opportunity for men and women, nevertheless there is no equality between men and women when it comes to top positions. Fortunately, because of the women organizations, like Woman Capital, …

After 2001, nine years after the fall of the Taliban, women's socio-economic position in Afghanistan has hardly improved. To this day, women are subjected to many cruelties such as torture and rape. After the Taliban had been defeated in 2001, the total amount of development assistance by the international …

This thesis is about Cameroonian women and their integration in their society. Nowadays, micro-credit is one of the most popular economic tool. This thesis tries to make an analyse of women rights and how it is respected in Cameroon, their social, economical and political roles. And what is micro-credit …

Wilhelmina Drucker and Aletta Jacobs were the main women of the first wave and meant a lot for the position of women nowadays. At the end of the first feminist wave women obtained the right to vote and were able to attend college and universities, and had the right to work outdoors. In the 1950s and …

Throughout the years women in most countries were granted the same political rights as men. Namely, the right to vote and the right to stand for election. However, this did not automatically lead to equal participation in political decision making. It is remarkable to see that this, even though women …

Deze bijdrage is een tussentijdse opname in een langlopende studie naar de sociaal-ruimtelijke geschiedenis van een Maastrichtse wijk als gevolg van de negentiende-eeuwse industrialisatie. Op de eerste plaats toonde ze de veranderingen in de sociale structuur van het Boschstraatkwartier-Oost tussen 1829 …