ecio_098_pregnant-students-and-studying-parents-in-higher-education_tg_2021.pdf
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… Discrimination against Women ■ Dutch Equal Treatment Act [Algemene Wet Gelijke Behandeling – AWGB]. ■ Dutch Higher Education and Research Act [Wet op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek – WHW (in Dutch)]. The purport of these laws is to combat all forms of discrimination and unequal treatment, and to make and keep education accessible. Dutch Higher Education and Research Act (WHW). The WHW contains a number of provisions that may apply to pregnant students and studying parents. In … below. Provision of information Clear information from the educational institutions to pregnant students or studying parents is very important. Examples include clear and well-organised information on the institution’s website, a fixed and obvious contact person within the study programme, with knowledge of the subject in question, and a pregnancy protocol with information and arrangements for pregnant students. Information for pregnant students and studying parents can also be found at … point in looking at the possibilities. Facilities for pregnant students may – for example – include: ■ Postponing a negative binding recommendation regarding the continuation of studies (bindend studieadvies – BSA) (Section 7.8b of the WHW). ■ Where possible, extending the validity of credits (Section 7.10(4) of the WHW). ■ How the students are reasonably enabled to sit the examinations (which, in practice, means – for example – pregnant students being given extra time for the exam if they …