"Two Deputy PMs in last Dutch gov’t wanted headscarves declared as hindering emancipation
Two deputy Prime Ministers from the Schoof I Cabinet tried to have headscarves declared as an obstacle to women’s emancipation. Civil servants managed to stop this, Investico reported based on over 600 emails and several text messages received through the Open Government Act.
Then-Deputy Prime Ministers Fleur Agema (PVV) and Mona Keijzer (BBB) wanted a parliamentary letter on emancipation from November 2024 to include headscarves as an obstacle to women’s emancipation.
At Agema and Keijzer’s insistence, the draft letter included the sentence: “People who no longer dare to be visible out of fear of the reactions of Islamic men.” Civil servants at the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science opposed that and several other of the Ministers’ suggestions."
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https://nltimes.nl/2026/05/28/two-deputy-pms-last-dutch-govt-wanted-headscarves-declared-hindering-emancipation