Name, age, gender: Cindy van der Logt Theunisse, 46 years old, female 1 How many people were there in your parents’ home? Her mom had 9 siblings, one of them died when he was really young. Her parents were divorced so they lived with 9 people in one household. Her dad had 3 siblings, so they lived with 6 people in one household. 2 What was the profession of your father/mother? Mom: office worker in city office in Dordrecht Dad: transporter at Mammoet 3 Where did you live with your parents? Vinkplein flat Zwijndrecht, Sperwestestraat 23 Zwijndrecht, Brahmsstraat 48 Zwijndrecht 4 Historical event you remember? The fall of the Berlin Wall; the Berlin Wall was gone so east and west Berlin were one again. The fact that there is freedom again was impressing. 5 Were there differences in upbringing of boys and girls? Not really. 6 Did boys and girls have the same rights to education at school? Yes they did. 7 What differences were there between men and women with reference to work? Yes, women usally had jobs such as cooking and cleaning. 8 Did women have the same salary as men? No, they didn’t. 9 How was the household work divided among men and women? Mostly women did the household work. 10 Do you consider women to be completely emancipated nowadays? No, there are still people who think women let their children down if they’re non stop working. 11 Has the position of women in society changed with the help of the government? Yes it is normal to work as a woman nowadays. |
Name, age, gender: Henny van der Logt, 69 years old, female
1 How many people were there in your parents’ home? Her dad had 4 siblings, so they lived with 7 people in one household. Her mom had 6 siblings, so they lived with 9 people in one household. 2 What was the profession of your father/mother? Mom: householder Dad: baker, doctor 3 Where did you live with your parents? They lived together in Rotterdam. 4 Historical event you remember? When Kennedy was murdered, it made a lot of impact. 5 Were there differences in upbringing of boys and girls? Not really, but the girls had to help more with cleaning etc. 6 Did boys and girls have the same rights to education at school? No, she went to an all-girls school. 7 Did women have the same salary as men? No there was a big difference. 8 How was the household work divided among men and women? Mostly women did the household work. 9 Do you consider women to be completely emancipated nowadays? Already quite a lot. 10 Has the position of women in society changed with the help of the government? Yes it has improved a lot. |
Name, age, gender: Saskia, 46 years old, female
1 How many people were there in your parents’ home? With 8 people, because we were with 6 children and 2 parents. When I was 12, I lived with 5 people in a house, including parents. 2 What was the profession of your father/mother? Father: ministry of social affairs and employment Mother: housewife 3 Where did you live with your parents? In Zwijndrecht. 4 Historical event you remember? In 1968, when I was 14 there was a nuclear disaster in Tsjernobyl, it had a lot of impact because it wasn’t clear if it also had consequences in the Netherlands. 5 Were there differences in upbringing of boys and girls? There were some differences. 6 Did boys and girls have the same rights to education at school? Yes they did. 7 What differences were there between men and women with reference to work? There were barely differences. 8 Did women have the same salary as men? No, but the women thought so. 9 How was the household work divided among men and women? Men did some work, but not all. Women did tasks like taking the garbage out, sometimes vacuuming, washing the dishes. 10 Do you consider women to be completely emancipated nowadays? No, because they sometimes still earn less money than a man in the same function. 11 Has the position of women in society changed with the help of the government? Yes, by childcare and education. The government stimulated girls to keep on studying, for example: by Sire advertisements on the television and radio with the slogan; “a smart girl is prepared for her future.” |
Name, age, gender: Eileen Munro, 67 years old, female
1 How many people were there in your parents’ home? There were 5 childeren and 2 parents. 2 What was the profession of your father/mother? Mother was a housewife, sometimes a waitress and manager for food. Dad was an aircraft fitter in the royal navy. 3 Where did you live with your parents? 33 Titchfield road, Troon, Scotland 4 Historical event you remember? Landing on the moon, because it was amazing. 5 Were there differences in upbringing of boys and girls? Yes there were. 6 Did boys and girls have the same rights to education at school? Girls had to have a good education, just like boys. 7 What differences were there between men and women with reference to work? Women were expected to be a housewife after marriage. 8 Did women have the same salary as men? No, the top jobs such as being a boss of a company. Men had jobs like engineer, manager, boss. Men were always the responsible ones and had most practical jobs. Women had jobs such as teachers, cleaning, shop assistants and were lower paid than men. 9 How was the household work divided among men and women? Men didnʼt help women in the household. 10 Do you consider women to be completely emancipated nowadays? Yes, there are more opportunities nowadays and we have equal opportunitie acts. 11 Has the position of women in society changed with the help of the government? Yes, because of the act in the British system and the government is trying to motivate women to politics. |
Name, age, gender: Ronald van der Leer, 45 years old, male
1 How many people were there in your parents’ home? No siblings, so we lived together with the 3 of us. 2 What was the profession of your father/mother? Both worked at the office. 3 Where did you live with your parents? Zwijndrecht 4 Historical event you remember? The fall of the Berlin wall made a lot of impact. 5 Were there differences in upbringing of boys and girls? Not many, but girls had the opportunity to learn more about household work. 6 Did boys and girls have the same rights to education at school? They did. 7 What differences were there between men and women with reference to work? It was more difficult for women to get a career. Typical jobs for men were construction worker, and police/fire man. 8 Did women have the same salary as men? No, there we salary differences. 9 How was the household work divided among men and women? It was mostly the women who did the household work. 10 Do you consider women to be completely emancipated nowadays? Yes 11 Has the position of women in society changed with the help of the government? Yes, there are many campaigns to get women into technical work. |
Name, age, gender: Amna Babiker, 44 years old, female
1 How many people were there in your parents’ home? There were 8 people in her family, 3 sisters, 2 brothers and both parents. There lived a total of 10 people in their house, 2 relatives. They were an extended family because of these relatives. 2 What was the profession of your father/mother? Her father worked as architect and her mother did not work. 3 Where did you live with your parents? They lived in Rufaa, Al Jazirah. 4 Historical event you remember? 1983, president Numieri introduces the Islamic Sharia law to Sudan leading to a new breakout of the civil war in the Christian south. 5 Were there differences in upbringing of boys and girls? Yes there were. 6 Did boys and girls have the same rights to education at school? They were treated unequally in the field of sports, but not in terms of educational rights. 7 What differences were there between men and women with reference to work? Men were often expected to work and women were expected to stay home or do jobs related to nursing. 8 Did women have the same salary as men? They did not. 9 How was the household work divided among men and women? It was mostly women who did the cleaning and cooking. 10 Do you consider women to be completely emancipated nowadays? No. There will always be people in Sudan that treat women unequally due to ignorance, just like in every nation. Women are not completely free but they have full rights in both education and sports. Women are involved in politics and Sudan’s development just as much as men are. 11 Has the position of women in society changed with the help of the government? Yes, over the years women have protested and voiced their concerns regarding their position in Sudan’s society. The government has been able to help them by listening and this resulted in major issues, regarding gender inequality, to be tackled. |
Name, age, gender: Beb Van Dis, 86 years old, female
1 How many people were there in your parents’ home? She was an only child and she lived with her mother, father and her grandfather. 2 What was the profession of your father/mother? Her father worked at the administration of a company. Her mother was a housewife. 3 Where did you live with your parents? She lived in Rotterdam. 4 Historical event you remember? The 2nd world war was a historical fact and the ‘hongerwinter’. 5 Were there differences in upbringing of boys and girls? Girls didn’t have much to say, men had all the rights. 6 Did boys and girls have the same rights to education at school? Yes they were equal. 7 What differences were there between men and women with reference to work? A woman always had a lower position then a man. 8 Did women have the same salary as men? No they did not. 9 How was the household work divided among men and women? Men didn’t help with house chores. 10 Do you consider women to be completely emancipated nowadays? Not entirely, but we are on the right way. 11 Has the position of women in society changed with the help of the government? Yes, the government put much effort in giving women higher positions than before. |
Name, age, gender: Bart Cohen, 70 years old, male
1 How many people were there in your parents’ home? There were 6 people in the household. 2 What was the profession of your father/mother? His mother was a housewife and his father worked in the military 3 Where did you live with your parents? Rotterdam 4 Historical event you remember? Landing on the moon, it made a lot of impact because you could see it live. 5 Were there differences in upbringing of boys and girls? Yes there were. 6 Did boys and girls have the same rights to education at school? Yes they did. 7 What differences were there between men and women with reference to work? The man went out to work, the woman stayed home. Men worked as a sales person or in factories. Men were seen as the stronger sex. Women did the household work, teaching, and also worked in factories. 8 Did women have the same salary as men? They didn’t. 9 How was the household work divided among men and women? 90% of the work was done by women, men did tasks like bringing in coal and doing the dishes. 10 Do you consider women to be completely emancipated nowadays? Yes they have more rights right now. 11 Has the position of women in society changed with the help of the government? Yes by having daycare (job, sports) and they gave woman rights to vote. |