Nondiscriminatorend
Nondiscriminatorend is an adjective used to describe policies, practices, or systems that aim to avoid discrimination against individuals or groups. In Dutch-language policy and academic discourse, it denotes a commitment to equal treatment and to preventing unfair bias based on protected characteristics such as race, gender, age, religion, disability, or nationality.
The concept applies across sectors: in law and public policy to ensure equal access to services; in
Practical approaches include blind or de-identified evaluation, use of objective criteria, bias audits, fairness metrics, and
Challenges include trade-offs between fairness and accuracy, definitional differences of protected characteristics, and the difficulty of
Related concepts include non-discrimination, fairness in machine learning, equal opportunity laws, and bias mitigation.