Watch the award ceremony of 2020
Khadija Arib (1960) was born in Morocco and moved to the Netherlands when she was 15 years old. Since 1998, she has been a member of the PvdA (Dutch Labour Party) faction of the House of Representatives. In 2016, she was elected President of the House of Representatives. In 2017, she was re-elected.
Read the complete announcement.
Reception of Khadija Arib at the Academy Building by the Board of the University and the chair of the jury
Opening speech by Cisca Wijmenga, Rector Magnificus of the University of Groningen
Lecture by Nausicaa Marbe, writer and journalist: The wise balancing act of Khadija Arib as a pioneering role model in a difficult society
Lecture by Marjo Buitelaar, Professor of Contemporary Islam at the University of Groningen: Pioneers and mediators: the multiple emancipations of the daughters of immigrants of olden days
Music by Roos Blufpand accompanied by Mijke Breepoel
Reading of the jury report by Janka Stoker, chair of the jury of the Aletta Jacobs Prize and Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at the University of Groningen
Khadija Arib receives the certificate
Word of thanks from Khadija Arib
A full Aula in the Academy Building
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