Khadija Arib
Encyclopedia
Khadija Arib is a Moroccan-Dutch
politician
and former civil servant, educator and social work
er. As a member of the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she has been again an MP since March 1, 2007. Previously she was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, focusing on health care
issues. Nowadays she focuses on matters of racism
, discrimination
control, women's abuse
, domestic violence
and youth
care. While in the House of Representatives, she has been fiercely criticized for her dual citizenship and for her part in an advisory commission to the King of Morocco.
Moroccan-Dutch
The terms Moroccan-Dutch or Dutch-Moroccans refer to immigrants from Morocco to the Netherlands and their descendants. They are one of the larger allochtoon groups, making up 10.4% of the country's total population of foreign background....
politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and former civil servant, educator and social work
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
er. As a member of the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she has been again an MP since March 1, 2007. Previously she was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, focusing on health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
issues. Nowadays she focuses on matters of racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
, discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
control, women's abuse
Abuse
Abuse is the improper usage or treatment for a bad purpose, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, sexual assault, violation, rape, unjust practices; wrongful practice or custom; offense; crime, or otherwise...
, domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...
and youth
Youth
Youth is the time of life between childhood and adulthood . Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary. An individual's actual maturity may not correspond to their chronological age, as immature individuals could exist at all ages.-Usage:Around the world, the terms "youth",...
care. While in the House of Representatives, she has been fiercely criticized for her dual citizenship and for her part in an advisory commission to the King of Morocco.