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Hacking women's political underrepresentation, Dutch-style

  • Laura Kabelka--DW (English)
  • published date: 2026-04-12 13:59:00 UTC

Some 504 women were elected in recent Dutch local elections, with a "Vote for a Woman" campaign boosting their chances to gather preferential votes. Despite the record figure, women remain underrepresented.

Fatuma Muhumed is glowing as she arrives for an interview with DW just hours before her inauguration as a local councilor in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn her first political office, on top of … [+5871 chars]