Until the 1960s, the roles of men and women in Netherland were separated inflexibly down the old-style alignment. Both men and women in the country were anticipated to marry with the expected situation would be; men will support the financing of family, and women will only stay at home, look after their husband and children.

However, afterwards, in 1960, there was a movement of protest which against this old-style roles division started to emerge in the country. Following this movement, there were more women who went out to do their work even after they are married and also have children as well.

But still, in the context of labour and salary, Netherland presents the difference between men and women. There is clear discrimination in gender-specific appears in almost all of education stages, where there is a different proportion in the payment given for men and women (Cavaghan, 2017).

The government of Netherland feels concerned around the issue of sex discrimination which appears in the education field, where boys and girls diverge in the subjects that they select; boys tend to select more technical subjects rather than girls who select more in social sciences. For this reason, the government of Netherland has established a new rule of motivating the girls to choose the technical science. Furthermore, the policy also motivates the boys to go for social occupations as well.

Recommendations of Gender Equality in the Netherlands

Some recommendations for the government of Netherland to handle or at least, minimise the appearance of gender inequality in the country are as mentioned below:

·         The government should establish stricter policies which will motivate the companies to eliminate the gender inequality within the business practices

·         The government of Netherland should make some educational campaign to motivate the students not to make old-style preferences which separated boys and girls regarding their subjects option

·         The recommendation cannot be regarded as not having the no legal effects for the national courts, which is bound to take consideration to disputes the submitted.

·         Violence against women is the pandemic, which is affecting all countries and even those of the laudable of progress in different areas.

·         The evolution of gender equality is the policy as well as legislation in the Netherlands, which is important for the detailed field of the EU context.

·         The description is not intended, which to be complete as well as concern for the EC secondary legislation, and has the focused on the evolution of the directive for the equal treatment among the women as well as men (Blanca Rodriguez Ruiz, 2012).

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