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Educational institutions and government are not doing enough to combat dropout and discrimination against student mothers and pregnant female students. This is according to the research report<\/a> presented today at the Studying Mothers Conference. Pregnancy and motherhood is still too much seen as the students’ own choice, their own responsibility. It seems that the “eigen schuld, dikke bult” idea is prevalent, putting all the blame on the student mother.<\/p>\n

More than 50% of student mothers and pregnant students in MBO and more than 75% in HBO and WO drop out early during their studies. The study found that educational institutions have too few specific arrangements for student mothers and pregnant students, such as maternity leave or flexible scheduling and exam dates. The national legal regulations that do exist are far from being implemented by all institutions.<\/p>\n

This is embarrassing, because the Minister of OCW, in an earlier exchange of letters with, among others, the Public Interest Litigation Project (PILP), Steunpunt Studerende Moeders, trial litigation fund Clara Wichmann, FNV Vrouw, the Women’s Council and Vereniging Vrouw en Recht, indicated that the responsibility for student mothers and pregnant female students lies with the educational institutions. Institutions should engage in customization.<\/p>\n

But, according to the report, student mothers and pregnant female students are then always dependent on the benevolence of a tutor or teacher. For them, it is often uncertain if and to what arrangement they can rely. Educational institutions often consider pregnancy the “own choice” of the female students and therefore their own responsibility.<\/p>\n

PILP cannot agree with this “eigen schuld, dikke bult” notion. When access to education for pregnant female students and student mothers is impeded and their ability to complete an education and obtain a degree is limited, there is a violation of the right to education. Moreover, it is gender discrimination because only women can be disadvantaged by it.<\/p>\n

To raise again the issue of student mothers and pregnant college students, the report will be sent to the government and educational institution. We will ask, how the government and educational institutions plan to solve the problems identified in the report.<\/p>\n

Should solutions fail to materialize, we will consider legal action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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