First ever female council executive chosen by Dutch orthodox Protestants
Dutch NewsThe fundamentalist Protestant party SGP has its first female council executive, nine years after it was ordered to change its position on women by the European Court of Human Rights. The party believes the country should be governed ‘entirely on the basis of the ordinances of God as revealed in the Holy Scriptures’ and does not think women should play an active role in politics. Within my own circle, I only get positive reactions.’ ‘I’m not particularly busy being the first SGP council executive,’ Schot, who comes from Zierikzee, told paper PZC. ‘For me it is a really nice, challenging job.’ Amsterdam Nevertheless, Schot has been a trailblazer for women’s rights within the SGP and stood for election to Amsterdam city council in 2018, but failed to generate enough votes.
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