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WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform

NGO or non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“WO=MEN: invloed uitoefenen op beleid in Nederland en wereldwijd, beleid monitoren, kennis delen, krachten bundelen en mensen verbinden en mobiliseren. WO=MEN werkt aan sociale transformatie om gelijke machtsverhoudingen tussen vrouwen en mannen en andere genderidentiteiten te bewerkstelligen. We zetten ons daarbij specifiek in op een drietal thema’s: 1. Duurzame sociale, politieke en financiële steun voor gendergelijkheid en vrouwenrechten; 2.”

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“Vrouwen, mannen en andere genderidentiteiten hebben gelijke rechten in en invloed op natuurlijke hulpbronnen (land, water, bossen), productieketens, (internationale) bedrijven en klimaatafspraken; 3. Vrouwen, mannen en andere genderidentiteiten in (post)conflictsituaties hebben gelijke rechten in en invloed op vredesprocessen en het oplossen en voorkomen van conflict.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats754%
European People's Party431%
Greens/EFA215%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2024).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
1
2023
0
2024
6
2025
5

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Marit Maij
5 meetings · S&D
Ingeborg ter Laak
4 meetings · EPP
Hannah Neumann
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Thijs Reuten
1 meeting · S&D
Catarina Vieira
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
1 Dec 2025Marit Maijseminar on gender equality
5 Nov 2025Marit MaijWomen Peace and Security
22 May 2025Ingeborg ter LaakWomen in Ukraine
22 May 2025Thijs ReutenUkraine
22 May 2025Marit MaijWomen's rights in Ukraine
20 Nov 2024Ingeborg ter LaakCOP29 - Gender/Climate change
16 Nov 2024Marit MaijPanel Supporting Women Human Righs Defenders in shrinking civic spaces
17 Oct 2024Catarina VieiraTrade and gender equality
3 Oct 2024Ingeborg ter LaakGender & Sustainable Economy
3 Oct 2024Ingeborg ter LaakWO=Men
3 Oct 2024Marit MaijMeeting representative WO=MEN
22 Feb 2022Lara WoltersWomen on Boards
27 Jan 2020Hannah NeumannExpert round table on gender equality in EU's foreign and security policy

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