Economic resilience of women in the Netherlands

What does the research involve?

Within this project, Atria investigates the barriers and solution directions to increase women's economic resilience. Here, the focus is not only on the women themselves, but also on the whole system, such as partners, employers and other institutions like municipalities.

Various interventions are developed and tested to investigate how to boost the economic resilience of Dutch women. These interventions will then be evaluated and opportunities for scaling up will be explored.

What role does Atria play within this research?

The coalition consists of three living labs and an umbrella project. Besides the umbrella project, Atria is involved in two living labs as applicant and consortium partner.

• Living lab 1: 'You don't work alone', aimed at mothers on benefits

• Living lab 2: 'On your way to work', aimed at women without work and without benefits

Atria evaluates interventions and is a participant in a transition network of organisations in which the outcomes of the research are applied.

What is the aim of the research?

The coalition develops and tests interventions to make different groups of women more economically resilient. In addition, the coalition is building a network of involved stakeholders. Interventions that prove successful in practice are brought to the attention of policymakers, employers, and women from the target group themselves through the network.

Team

• Ingrid Doorten (researcher)

• Paula Thijs (researcher)