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 Women in Denmark have joined a social media movement responding to victim blaming of women who have suffered sexual violence and harassment. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210720/when-i-said-no-danish-women-in-campaign-against-sexual-assault-victim-blaming Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:37:40 +0200 when-i-said-no-danish-women-in-campaign-against-sexual-assault-victim-blaming Up to 53 members of the Social Democrats, the governing political party in Denmark, have been subjected to sexual misconduct during the last year, according to a media report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210225/sexual-misconduct-53-times-in-one-year-for-danish-social-democratic-party Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:56:30 +0100 sexual-misconduct-53-times-in-one-year-for-danish-social-democratic-party Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor Frank Jensen has announced he is to resign and step away from politics after a series of accounts of sexual harassment had left him on the brink. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201019/metoo-in-denmark-copenhagen-mayor-resigns-over-sexual-harassment-scandals Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:13:50 +0200 metoo-in-denmark-copenhagen-mayor-resigns-over-sexual-harassment-scandals Thousands of women across Denmark have come forward in recent weeks with stories of sexism and harassment in the Nordic country which is often viewed as a bastion of gender equality. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201010/new-metoo-wave-challenges-denmarks-image-as-haven-of-equality Sat, 10 Oct 2020 15:11:24 +0200 new-metoo-wave-challenges-denmarks-image-as-haven-of-equality Morten Østergaard, the leader of the Danish Social Liberal (Radikale Venstre) party, has resigned from his position after it emerged he was at the centre of a sexual harassment incident a decade ago. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201008/leader-of-danish-political-party-steps-down-over-sexual-harassment-case Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:06:18 +0200 leader-of-danish-political-party-steps-down-over-sexual-harassment-case A re-emergence of the #MeToo movement in Denmark has gained far more traction than it did in the country in 2017 and is pushing coronavirus off the front pages. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201005/why-denmark-is-in-the-midst-of-an-epic-metoo-reckoning-three-years-later Mon, 05 Oct 2020 18:14:30 +0200 why-denmark-is-in-the-midst-of-an-epic-metoo-reckoning-three-years-later A government minister on Friday promised action after hundreds signed a letter of support for a Danish TV host who revealed her experience with workplace sexual harassment. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200911/why-denmark-is-facing-questions-over-a-cultural-of-sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace Fri, 11 Sep 2020 20:40:10 +0200 why-denmark-is-facing-questions-over-a-cultural-of-sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace American rapper Robert Kelly was barred Tuesday from Danish radio over sexual assault allegations, a media group said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190205/danish-airtime-ban-for-us-rapper-kelly-over-sex-assault-allegations Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:43:55 +0100 danish-airtime-ban-for-us-rapper-kelly-over-sex-assault-allegations Up to one in four workers in the health and social care sector said they had experienced sexual harassment in the course of their work, according to a survey. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180529/one-in-four-social-healthcare-workers-in-denmark-subjected-to-harassment-survey Tue, 29 May 2018 12:59:27 +0200 one-in-four-social-healthcare-workers-in-denmark-subjected-to-harassment-survey The producer of controversial Danish director Lars von Trier has said that he would "stop slapping asses" after being accused of harassing his staff. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180510/notorious-danish-film-producer-aalbk-vows-to-stop-slapping-asses Thu, 10 May 2018 19:36:45 +0200 notorious-danish-film-producer-aalbk-vows-to-stop-slapping-asses Film producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, a many-time colleague of director Lars von Trier, will return to his position at film company Zentropa, the firm has announced in a press statement. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180109/danish-film-producer-returns-to-work-despite-harassment-allegations Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:15:01 +0100 danish-film-producer-returns-to-work-despite-harassment-allegations The Danish Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet) will look into reports of bullying, sexual harassment and humiliation at film company Zentropa. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171113/danish-authority-to-look-at-film-company-harassment-claims Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:56:29 +0100 danish-authority-to-look-at-film-company-harassment-claims