In 2017 it is exactly one hundred years since the first woman broke through the glass ceiling of the professorship. On the initiative of Athena's Angels, the Minister will mark this anniversary by announcing a hundred new chairs for female professors.
These chairs have been realized in a unique collaboration between the Universities (VSNU) and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, with the support of KNAW, NWO and LNVH. In addition to these chairs, female candidates will obviously also be appointed to some of the regularly available chairs in the coming years. This means that the target of 25% female professors in 2020 (the Lisbon objective) will be met.
Also see:
A hundred women to be appointed as extra professors, NRC, January 17th, 2017 (article in Dutch)
Bussemaker demands a hundred extra female professors this year, De Volkskrant, January 11th, 2017 (article in Dutch)
Bussemaker wants 100 extra female professors this year, NOS, January 11th, 2017 (article in Dutch)
Bussemaker invests in a hundred extra female professors, NU.nl, January 11, 2017 (article in Ducth)
