Women’s quota dismissed by minister

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Social affairs minister Piet Hein Donner has dismissed the call for a legal quota of 40% for women in top jobs made by FNV union federation chairwoman Agnes Jongerius.


‘It would lead to unrealistic expectations and have the reverse effect,’ Donner told radio programme De Ochtenden.

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