Atria is the knowledge institute for gender equality and women's history. We collect and manage sources on gender equality, women's movements and gender equality and make them widely accessible to science and society.

As an independent knowledge institute, Atria bridges the gap between research and social change. We support researchers, policymakers and social partners with our expertise and collection and contribute reliable knowledge to the social debate on gender equality and gender equality.

Our goal is clear: to empower women in all their diversity and thus contribute to an inclusive and just society.

Atria manages one of the oldest collections on women and gender worldwide. In 1935, Rosa Manus, Johanna Naber and Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot founded the International Archive for the Women's Movement (IAV). They did so to collect and preserve women's heritage and to stimulate scholarly research on the position of women.

In July 1940, the collection was looted by the Germans. After the war, only 10% was recovered. It was only in 1992 that old IAV archives were recovered in Moscow and, after long negotiations, they were finally returned in May 2003. Read more about the looted archives here.

Atria regularly collaborates with heritage institutions at home and abroad, universities and scientific institutes, civil society organisations, museums, local and national government.

Over twenty-five enthusiastic professionals work at Atria in the Collections and Research, Communication and Staff departments. There are also a number of fellows, affiliated researchers and ambassadors attached to Atria. The Supervisory Board consists of four members.

The Johanna W.A. Naber Prize goes annually to the best graduation thesis in the field of women's or gender history. The prize is awarded by Atria and VVG platform for women's and gender history.

The prize is named after Johanna Wilhelmina Antoinette Naber (1859-1941). She was the author of numerous historical studies and one of the founders of the International Archive for the Women's Movement, from which Atria evolved.

Atria has an ANBI registration. This registration guarantees that the tax authorities recognise Atria as an Institution for General Benefit (ANBI).
Download our ANBI statement here [PDF]

Here you will find our annual reports for past years:

• Annual Report 2024 [PDF] - with Board Communication accompanying the 2024 Annual Accounts [PDF].

• Annual report 2023 [PDF]

• Annual report 2022 [PDF]