The National institute on gender equality and women's history is the result of the merger between Aletta, Institute for Women's History and E-Quality, Knowledge Center for Emancipation, Family and Diversity. The new institute officially began operations on 1st of May 2012.

This website is a temperory site. We are working on a new atria webiste.

Director

The new director of the institute is Dr Renée G. Römkens. She has built her career in the academic world in the Netherlands and the United States. Until recently, Römkens was professor of Victimology and held the Chair of Interpersonal Violence at the University of Tilburg.

Organization

The institutes three departments will provide a wide range of products and services on the cutting edge of academic research and policy development in the field of gender equality and the archives and documentation of women's history.

Collections: collecting, managing and maintaining information in the library and archives on gender relations and the position of women in society, and preserving the heritage of the women's movement in the Netherlands.

Knowledge development and consultancy: conducting academic and policy-oriented research and analyses, and translating these into practical policy recommendations

Public services: providing relevant and unique information to our visitors and researchers, and making collections available to a wide range of audiences.

The institute's archive and library are fully operational and open to the public.

The new organization will focus on establishing itself as a leading institute, both in The Netherlands and abroad.