Netherlands: SWOT analysis based on Beijing +10 reports (official and NGO shadow report) Mieke Verloo

Strengths Instruments exist Some machinery has survived Some NGO’s have survived Gender expertise exist, mostly outside government

Weaknesses Technocratic approach altogether Weakening of good instruments Lack of transparency Fragmentation of equality policy Lack of implementation on most areas Lack of responsibility Lack of resources Limited gender equality goal (labor only)

Opportunities Thank goddess for the European Union Lots of women in politics, including some feminists (mostly opposition) Very good, concrete NGO plans about what needs to be done

Threats Shift in political will, from some to zero Less support for gender equality in the population Racism in policies A political culture that does not mind lying, actively or passively