The social atlas of women from ethnic minorities

The Social atlas of women from ethnic minorities (Sociale atlas van vrouwen uit etnische minderheden) offers a look in breadth and depth at the social position and participation of these women. The themes covered are education, paid employment, combining paid employment and care tasks, income, health, violence against girls and women, leisure time use, participation in civil society and political participation. Most attention is devoted to women from the four largest ethnic groups in the Netherlands, namely Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese and Antilleans. For some topics, however, a number of large, 'new' groups are brought into the picture: Afghans, Iraqis, Iranians, Yugoslavs and Somalis. Each group of women is compared with the other ethnic groups as well as with indigenous women, and also with men from their own ethnic group.
The atlas describes and explains the differences between the different groups. It also explores whether their present situation differs from what the Dutch government envisages with its emancipation policy.