https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Danish parliament on Thursday adopted a change in the law which will raise the country’s legal threshold for abortion from 12 to 18 weeks of pregnancy. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250424/denmark-raises-abortion-limit-from-12-to-18-weeks Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:45:27 +0200 denmark-raises-abortion-limit-from-12-to-18-weeks Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Government and Gender Equality says it wants to introduce new measures aimed at giving LGBTQ+ people equal opportunity to start a family. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240812/danish-government-announces-plan-to-boost-equality-for-lgbtq-families Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:02:00 +0200 danish-government-announces-plan-to-boost-equality-for-lgbtq-families Denmark's male footballers have refused a salary increase for playing for the national side to gain their female counterparts equal basic pay, the players' union said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240621/denmarks-men-footballers-refuse-salary-rise-to-secure-equal-pay-for-women Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:00:20 +0200 denmarks-men-footballers-refuse-salary-rise-to-secure-equal-pay-for-women For International Women's Day, we decided to break down the statistics over gender equality in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240308/in-numbers-how-gender-equal-is-denmark-really Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:25:41 +0100 in-numbers-how-gender-equal-is-denmark-really The government’s minister for equality has criticised opposition party Alternative after it celebrated becoming the first party in the history of the Danish parliament to be represented solely by female MPs. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230908/denmarks-equality-minister-criticises-party-for-celebrating-all-female-mps Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:14:05 +0200 denmarks-equality-minister-criticises-party-for-celebrating-all-female-mps Women currently comprise 43 percent of Denmark's members of parliament, and 35 percent of the current government. But the proportion of representation in leading business roles is lower. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230308/are-women-equally-represented-in-danish-leadership-roles Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:21:29 +0100 are-women-equally-represented-in-danish-leadership-roles The number of underprivileged areas termed ‘parallel societies’ by the Danish government has fallen for the third consecutive year following an annual update. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221201/denmark-reduces-number-of-areas-classed-as-parallel-societies Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:52:13 +0100 denmark-reduces-number-of-areas-classed-as-parallel-societies A Danish study has concluded that women are often paid less than men for doing the same job. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221125/danish-study-concludes-women-earn-less-than-men-for-same-jobs Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:08:22 +0100 danish-study-concludes-women-earn-less-than-men-for-same-jobs Inequality is at the highest level ever measured in Denmark, according to official data. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221124/inequality-in-denmark-higher-than-ever-before Thu, 24 Nov 2022 18:33:28 +0100 inequality-in-denmark-higher-than-ever-before Fourteen women have been killed this year in Denmark. Nine of those women were killed by a partner or ex partner, leading campaigners to warn that the most dangerous place for a woman is in the home. What is being done in Denmark to help women in danger? https://www.thelocal.dk/20221117/what-can-denmark-do-to-protect-women-at-risk-from-domestic-violence Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:33:55 +0100 what-can-denmark-do-to-protect-women-at-risk-from-domestic-violence Denmark's head coach Kasper Hjulmand said the team would 'focus on football' in Qatar, after FIFA rejected the country's request to wear special jerseys advocating human rights at training. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221115/denmark-coach-says-team-will-focus-on-football-in-qatar Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:57:39 +0100 denmark-coach-says-team-will-focus-on-football-in-qatar FIFA have rejected a bid by Denmark's World Cup squad to wear pro-human rights shirts in training, the Danish football federation (DBU) said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221111/fifa-forbids-danish-world-cup-squad-from-wearing-pro-human-rights-message Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:58:22 +0100 fifa-forbids-danish-world-cup-squad-from-wearing-pro-human-rights-message Over 44 percent of Denmark’s elected members of parliament are women, the highest proportion in the country’s history. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221103/denmark-has-more-women-in-parliament-than-ever-before Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:28:13 +0100 denmark-has-more-women-in-parliament-than-ever-before Fifty white pedestals without statues have been erected in Copenhagen to draw attention to the lack of historical women represented in the public domain in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220908/copenhagen-installation-critiques-lack-of-women-statues Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:16:41 +0200 copenhagen-installation-critiques-lack-of-women-statues A new LGBTQ+ plan presented by the Danish government includes a proposal to expand access to legal gender change to all children regardless of age.  https://www.thelocal.dk/20220817/denmark-propose-removing-age-limit-for-legal-gender-change Wed, 17 Aug 2022 17:38:21 +0200 denmark-propose-removing-age-limit-for-legal-gender-change Denmark’s government now supports an EU directive aimed at boosting the number of women in senior business roles, in a reversal of its earlier stance. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220221/danish-government-changes-stance-on-eu-business-equality-quota Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:32:22 +0100 danish-government-changes-stance-on-eu-business-equality-quota A public petition has called on the Danish parliament to consider allowing two men to be legal guardians of a child. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220110/denmark-mulls-petition-asking-for-co-father-rights Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:35:53 +0100 denmark-mulls-petition-asking-for-co-father-rights A special committee is to assess wages in Denmark’s public sector, offering hope for long term improvement on wage equality for nurses, who have been protesting over the issue for months. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211008/glimmer-of-hope-for-danish-nurses-conflict-with-committee-set-to-scrutinise-pay Fri, 08 Oct 2021 14:24:39 +0200 glimmer-of-hope-for-danish-nurses-conflict-with-committee-set-to-scrutinise-pay For the second time in recent years, a member of the Danish parliament has been asked to leave the parliament after bringing their infant with them to a debate. https://www.thelocal.dk/20211007/danish-parliament-again-throws-out-lawmaker-for-bringing-baby Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:26:01 +0200 danish-parliament-again-throws-out-lawmaker-for-bringing-baby Danish toy brick maker Lego unveiled a new set of rainbow-coloured figurines on Thursday to celebrate the diversity of its fans and the LGBTQI+ community. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210521/lego-celebrates-diversity-with-rainbow-coloured-figurines Fri, 21 May 2021 09:55:00 +0200 lego-celebrates-diversity-with-rainbow-coloured-figurines