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The NWO research financier negligently undertook the evaluation of a grant application from a pregnant woman. The Council of State ruled this week.
Christina Eckes, Professor of European Law at UvA, believes she was discriminated against when she made her mark in 2015 for a prestigious Vidi grant, a research grant worth 800 thousand euros. The NWO would not have taken sufficient account of her pregnancy, which put her at a disadvantage compared to her non-pregnant competitors.
Hoogzwanger
The lawyer was already hanging out when she submitted a research proposal in October: a few months after the deadline as any candidate, she will have five days to answer a first evaluation of his proposal. This reaction time fell exactly in the period during which it was calculated.
She informed NWO and asked if her pregnancy could be taken into account. But that did not happen. NWO had already received the assessment of her application in December, but she received it on January 7, 2016. She sent her response on Jan. 13 – three days before her birth. She did not receive the scholarship.
Equality of Treatment
Her objection against NWO was dismissed and she was also blundered in the Amsterdam court. But the highest administrative judge, the State Council's administrative law department, was always right on Wednesday. Although the professor was not discriminated against, according to the verdict, NWO should have been extremely cautious in this case because "the fundamental right to equality treatment was at stake. " It did not happen. During the procedure, not after, to explain the rejection.
New Expiry
"The NWO failed to perform custom work in a situation where it was required," the judges write. In this case, the customization means: consult the woman about a new delay allowing him to offer a proper refutation. "The pregnant plaintiff's degree of assurance can not be decisive for the extent to which his fundamental rights are respected," the judgment says. The NWO reacts in response to his own chest and promises improvement.
The children get
Eckes is delighted with the verdict. "It is primarily a matter of principle I know several women who have suffered from their pregnancy because of their application for admission to the NWE." From a statistical point of view, this is not a problem. Is not surprising either: you are applying for a Vidi grant between 30 and 40 years old, by the time many women have children. "
Next year, she will apply for the third time , which without this statement would not have been possible. She still needs to adjust her research proposal three years ago. "It's about the EU and it's entitled" Legal Limits of Integration: A Future for the European Union. "So I can hardly ignore Brexit." [19659013] HOP / SW
IMAGE: Venus van Willendorf (photo by Oke, Wikimedia Commons)
