| Amsterdam has a high proportion of ethnic
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| | The local Salto cable network transmits
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| minorities compared with the rest of
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| | programmes made for and by immigrants on
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| Europe, currently 45%. The population
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| | the Amsterdam TV Broadcasting Association
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| register now contains over 150 different
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| | for Immigrants (MTV). The Municipality
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| nationalities. In ten years' time half
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| | has installed five advisory bodies to
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| the population will be of foreign
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| | assist it in its migrants' policy.The
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| origin.The City spends substantial sums
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| | policy on womenSupport for the
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| to prevent the formation of ghettos in
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| | emancipation of women and of people who
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| boroughs with an over-representation of
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| | are subject to discrimination based on
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| ethnic minorities. A Social Diversity
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| | their sexual preferences is part of the
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| Policy paper published in the summer of
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| | city's policy. The city pursues a
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| 1998 will give new impetus to the City's
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| | specific emancipation policy and in 1995
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| minorities strategy. It will deal with
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| | installed the Ombudsman Service for Women
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| any groups who might suffer social
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| | to deal with complaints relating to the
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| discrimination. Article 1 of the Dutch
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| | legal and social position of 'black,
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| Constitution forbids discrimination on
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| | white and immigrant women' in Amster-dam.
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| the grounds of a person's beliefs, race
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| | Adresses of more than a hundred help,
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| or sexual preferences. In 1996 the
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| | advice and contact organisations are
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| Municipality of Amsterdam added its own
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| | included in the 'Yellow Pages for Women'
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| code of conduct for local authority staff
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| | (Gele Gids voor Vrouwen) published by the
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| to this Article, plus a complaints scheme
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| | Multicultural Emancipation Bureau.Jewish
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| and an anti-discrimination office. The
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| | AmsterdamAmsterdam has had a Jewish
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| ethnic composition of the civil service
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| | quarter for more than 350 years. The
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| in the city must reflect the population
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| | district was de-populated during the
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| of the city. The main ethnic minority
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| | German Occupation in World War
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| groups are Creoles and Hindustanis from
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| | Two.Initially the quarter lay outside the
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| Surinam (72,000), Moroccans (57,000),
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| | city walls and was inhabited mainly by
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| Turks (35,000) and immigrants from the
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| | Jews originating from Spain and Portugal,
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| Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (12,000).
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| | including the family of the philosopher
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| Amsterdam also contains around 26,000
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| | Baruch Spinoza. Rembrandt felt at home in
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| Chinese, and has its own 'Chinatown',
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| | the colourful Jewish environment,
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| situated in the Nieuwmarkt area. In 2000,
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| | encountered wonderful models there and
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| the first Chinese Buddhist temple opened
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| | had his house built in Jodenbreestraat:
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| on Zeedijk. There are also around 76,000
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| | Rembrandt's House. The 17th century also
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| migrants from other non-industrialised
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| | saw the start of an influx of Jews from
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| countries, such as Ghana and Pakistan.
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| | Central and Eastern Europe to Amsterdam.
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