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- ↑ NGO Review Report - Beijing+20 page 8 Archived 2016-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Irish Times
- ↑ "Advocacy for the right to stand for election" at the European Institute for Gender Equality
- ↑ Van den Dool, Pim (8 November 2024). "SGP-vrouw Jansen wil de Tweede Kamer in, maar 'strijdt dat niet met de roeping van de vrouw'?" [Female SGP member Janse wants to enter the House of Representatives, but is that not 'in conflict with a woman's calling'?]. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
