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News & Media
Annual Report & Year plan
Find the Chief Diversity Officer team’s annual report of 2019 and the year plan of 2020 here
Update 13 March
We deeply regret to announce that all activities planned in the Week against Racism are cancelled.
Grassroots Funding
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Recent Posts
Diversity 2.0
By Chief Diversity Officer Anne de Graaf Two years into this highly politicized job and the level of resistance is shifting….
Speak out against racism and discrimination toward Asian students and staff
This is a statement by the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) Team and the Central Student Council (CSR) of the University of…
Week against Racism
UPDATE 13 MARCH We deeply regret to announce that all activities planned in the Week against Racism (16-21 March) are cancelled….
On ‘Brick Walls’, ‘Ghosts’, and Other Feminist Dilemmas: Anger, Psychic Institutional Pain and Silencing in Academia
Shirley Anne Tate (Professor, University of Alberta) This event is co-sponsored by ARC-GS and the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) team. Date…
Retrospective on Orange the World at the UvA
From November 25 to December 10, the UvA participated in Orange the World, the UN led international campaign to end violence…
Orange the World: UvA says no to violence
The University of Amsterdam is participating in the international Orange the World campaign. Our university supports the fight of ending violence…