Throughout the decades, the government of Netherland has been chasing emancipation policies with the main goal to promote equal liberties, equal rights, as well as equal opportunities for both men and women.

An essential objective of this policy is to develop the rate of contribution along with the women’s economic independence. However, the reality that appears in the country still presenting many cases of gender inequality for women in almost all of the aspects of their life (Plantenga & Remery, 2015).

Now for gender equality, the United Nations is focusing on the global development which works on the recently developed for the 17 sustainable goals of the development whereas the women have the important role which is playing into the all SDGs by the different targets which to specifically recognising the equality of the women for the empowerments for both objects of the part of the solution. The gender equality as well as empowering for the girls as well as women, which is known for the stand-alone for the gender goals due to the dedication of the obtained ends.

The Directive of the European which is related to gender equality and it also has the transposed of the Netherlands through the means of the legislation. It is important for the amendment of the gender equality of the legislation in the Netherlands’, and it is driven through the progress of the EU legal framework on the equal opportunities as well an equal treatment of the women as well as men. The principle for the equal treatment of both women as well as men which access the employments terms of the conations along with the terms for the relationship of the employments. Establish the right equality of the women as well as men in both public employments plus private for the vocational training to access the liberal profession, membership for the employer organisations along with the union’s trades. 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 (Martín, 2008).

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