News - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1. Dutch embassy in Mozambique supports fight against gender-based violence

   The global Orange the World campaign raises awareness of violence against women and girls. The campaign takes place each year ...

   News item | 01-12-2022 | 15:41

2. Registration now open for REAIM Summit 2023: AI experts and other interested parties are invited to attend REAIM 2023

   In collaboration with the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands is organising a summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the ...

   News item | 01-12-2022 | 11:12

3. Human Rights Tulip 2022: top three candidates

   There are three candidates left in the running for the Human Rights Tulip 2022, the prize awarded by the Ministry of Foreign ...

   News item | 28-11-2022 | 09:36

4. Feminist foreign policy explained

   The Netherlands is keen to reduce inequality and to achieve gender and LBGTIQ+ equality all over the world, so the Ministry of ...

   News item | 18-11-2022 | 13:13

5. Solar energy in Nigeria: necessary for the climate, an opportunity for business

   Working for a pharmaceutical company in the 1980s, pharmacist Bolade Soremekun went in search of a source of energy to keep ...

   News item | 18-11-2022 | 09:00

6. Ministers for quality adaptation finance under the spotlight at COP27

   Announcements on adaptation finance at the COP27. A joint push by the Champions Group on Adaptation Finance and climate ...

   News item | 12-11-2022 | 18:12

7. Take part in Human Rights Week

   In 2022 a new Dutch initiative is being launched: Human Rights Week will take place from 5 to 10 December. What are human rights? ...

   News item | 08-11-2022 | 09:48

8. Dutch Design Week: putting the Netherlands on the map

   Dutch Design Week 2022, currently being held in Eindhoven, will bring together designers and entrepreneurs from all over the ...

   News item | 25-10-2022 | 13:03

9. Human Rights Tulip 2022: this is the shortlist

   Each year the Ministry of Foreign Affairs awards a human rights defender somewhere in the world a prize: the Human Rights Tulip. ...

   News item | 21-10-2022 | 09:27

10. Psychosocial support for Ukrainian refugees: more than trauma counselling alone

    The war in Ukraine has prompted the largest refugee flows Europe has seen since the Second World War. Millions of people have ...

    News item | 14-10-2022 | 08:00