Tag: Sexism
Minister of Justice takes first step towards criminalizing ‘theft’
Anyone who has seen the acclaimed HBO series ‘I May Destroy You’ knows what stealthing is. This is when someone, usually a man, removes a condom during intercourse without informing their sexual partner. Widely regarded as a form of sexual assault, there is no legislation prohibiting the practice in Denmark – to the widespread dismay […]
Science Round-Up: Study finds bias against female politicians in Denmark
The latest election represented a historic moment for women’s representation in Danish politics, where the proportion of 44 percent of elected women in the Folketing exceeded 40 percent for the first time. However, this is most likely the result of women’s sheer willpower in a society that continues to stack the deck against them, a […]
Web Summit 2022 brought over 70,000 techies to Lisbon
Web Summit organizes the world’s largest technology events. Web Summit events have attracted half a million people at Web Summit in Lisbon, Web Summit Rio in South America, Collision in North America and RISE in Asia since Web Summit’s inception as a 150-person conference in Dublin in 2009. The November event in Lisbon was the […]
Wednesday’s papers: Russia’s travel tent, Sanna Marini’s appeal and the thunder of the heat wave
Finland’s decision to significantly reduce the number of tourist visas granted to Russian citizens has caused confusion on the streets of St. Petersburg. Hufvudstadsbladet. Residents of the city told the Swedish-language daily that they found it difficult to understand why the war in Ukraine limited the ability of civilians to travel. HBL met a middle-class […]
Iran arrests third outspoken filmmaker in escalating crackdown
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Iran has arrested an internationally renowned filmmaker, several newspapers reported on Tuesday, the third Iranian director to be locked up in less than a week as the government escalates a crackdown on the country’s famous cinema industry. The arrest of award-winning director Jafar Panahi and greater pressure on filmmakers follows […]
The women who revolutionized power in the Middle East
Middle Eastern societies are characterized by patriarchal structures and men have traditionally had the formal power in most countries in the region. But there are women who have revolutionized and protested against power at various levels. The girls on Revolutionsgatan took off their shawls in Iran In Iran, Vida Movahed stood on an electrical cabinet […]
Culture Round-Up: Exposure to Copenhagen’s multicolored cinema
Nordisk Film has reversed plans to demolish the iconic Palads cinema in Copenhagen and replace it with a multiplex in a proposed 18-storey building located at the nearby Vesterport Station, Berlingske informs. An upgrade insteadInstead, it will modernize the cinema, which is famous for a pastel-colored facade visible from many parts of the city center. […]
This year’s five Danes… and a handful who would rather forget 2021
We review the situation… try not to get your underpants in a twist about our choice. Starting with this range of achievements and sometimes deceivers, we do our best to pay tribute to those who really stood out in 2021 – even if it was not always for the right reasons. The human condition On […]
Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Denmark in the top ten for construction workers
Denmark ranks as the world’s tenth best country for construction workers, shows a new one Workwear guru examination. The report took into account factors such as average wages, cost of living and safety in the workplace. Construction workers in Denmark received the sixth highest annual salary with 45,295 US dollars. But Denmark lost points for […]
Orchestra is out of mood: DR postpones series due to eerie similarities with the girls’ choir scandal
You are male, white and straight. And an amazingly skilled screenwriter and creative. Oh… and Danish – it is crucial, because they “can laugh at everything”. If anyone has the ‘credentials’ to brave a sea of vigilance and write a satirical series about #MeToo, then ‘The Castle’ creator Adam Price has got the chops, right? […]
IPAs and NDAs: How Mikkeller’s Fall from Grace Came to Head
Mikkeller Brewery’s very public fall from grace started unfortunate on one Instagram account belonging to a woman named Brienne Allan. May in Massachusetts Allan, a production manager at Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts – who goes by the name ‘steering wheel magnet’ on Instagram – asked a simple question in his stories on May 11: […]
Culture Round-Up: Mermaid mayday at the Blue Planet Aquarium
The Blue Planet aquarium in Amager again hires freedivers to dress up as mermaids and tap the glass while happy visitors pass by – an added bonus for those who yawn after hammerhead sharks and rays in their giant tanks. The aquarium claims that its performance during the ongoing fall break will be critical in […]
Commentators: MeToo cases continue to cling to the Radicals
On October 7 last year, Morten Østergaard had to leave his post as political leader of the Radicals, after he admitted that he had violated party colleague Lotte Rod. Later, several sexism cases came against him…
The MeToo ghost hangs with the Radicals
18 days later he was past as political leader of the party. Trapped as a violator of the MeToo wave that washed over Denmark. Almost a year has passed, but when Sofie Carsten Nielsen gives her first national meeting speech on Saturday as the new political leader of the Radicals, the party has not yet […]
OVERVIEW: Two profiles have left the Radicals after violation cases
This is the second time in less than a year that a profile from the Radicals has withdrawn due to cross-border behavior. In October last year, the then political leader Morten Østergaard resigned. Here is an overview of the two cases: * On 16 September 2020, Member of Parliament Lotte Rod (R) writes in a […]
OVERVIEW: Hegaard’s exit is the latest scandal for the Radicals
A few months ago, Kristian Hegaard had a conversation with the Radicals’ political leader, Sofie Carsten Nielsen. – She had been made aware by the Radical Left’s liaison body that in a radical context for a party I had violated a border with a radical with a touch, he writes. Kristian Hegaard’s exit comes after […]
S-leader acknowledges his party’s problem with culture of violation
As party secretary, he is the leading organizational employee of the Secretariat of the Social Democrats. And he serves as the day-to-day administrative manager of the organization. – It is clear that when cases come up, and I can not deny that there will be more in the future, then we have a problem, he […]
Copenhagen Municipality drops large sexism survey
The parties in the Citizens’ Representation in Copenhagen agreed back in October that sexism and sexual harassment in the City of Copenhagen should be investigated. Work on the study was underway. But the study was not included in the latest budget agreement. And now it is postponed indefinitely. – They promised gold and green forests […]
Is Finland a really safe place for women?
Finland is still seen as an example of a country that embodies the principles of gender equality, as its female-led government and perhaps above all a young, dynamic prime minister in its leadership, Sanna Marin. Under the seemingly shiny appearance of this female domination; however, lies a stable, albeit awkward, truth. Finland has one of […]
Deciphering ‘unconventional’ Denmark’s unconventional relationship to feminism
Denmark serves as a role model for the rest of the world with its social democratic welfare, narrow gender pay, generous parental leave and remarkable female representation in the government and the political sphere. It even has a feminist political party! The country has made great strides in terms of women’s rights since 1915 – […]
Almost every third Politiken employee has had unwanted sexual experiences
29 percent of Politiken’s employees have experienced unwanted verbal or physical sexual experiences within the last three years. It shows a study of unwanted sexual experiences and discrimination on Politiken, which Kvinfo has made for the newspaper. The survey started in September after the letter of support to Sofie Linde on the front page of […]
Major protests against sexual abuse in Australia
Under the motto March for Justice, tens of thousands of people have today demonstrated in some forty cities across Australia. Brittany Higgins previously worked for the ruling Liberal Party and her rape allegations against a colleague have breathed life into the protest movement which has received response across the country. Participants in the marches draw […]
Women are more often asked about child plans than men
Vice President of HK Privat Anja C. Jensen calls the difference “old-fashioned”, old-fashioned. – When you look at the numbers, you can get the suspicion that when employers want to get to know a male job applicant, you ask about hobbies. – But when you want to get to know a female candidate, you ask […]
FACTS: Report shows sexual harassment and coercion in the Radicals
A number of current or former employees and members of the Radicals have been exposed to unwanted physical contact such as kisses, pats or hugs. It shows a report, which the knowledge center Kvinfo is behind, and which was published by the Radicals on Wednesday. It is based on a questionnaire with answers from 413 […]
Women testify about sexism in the tenants’ association – “a reign of terror”
A reign of terror. This is how the Tenants’ Association in Western Sweden is described in a debate article in GT where six elected women testify about sexism and racism in the organization. Furthermore, they write that the Tenants’ Association is an association that is about to implode – and that the women there are […]
Jes Dorph finished as TV2 host after infringement cases
Jes Dorph-Petersen has finished hosting TV2 after an investigation into sexism and abusive behavior on the TV station. He writes this in a post on his Facebook profile. – I have been declared unwanted as host of TV2’s channels on the basis of two episodes in 2001 and 2003. That is 20 and 18 years […]
End of the game? Popular in successful Denmark, but women are marginalized
With the huge popularity of the Netflix series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, the talented chess-playing central character Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) has inspired women around the world with a demonstration of how a girl can step into – and dominate – a clear male world. Echoes in eSportsThe appeal of the story is that chess is […]
Former chairman of the Christian Democrats in deep water on Twitter
Yesterday, Stig Grenov – the former chairman of the Christian Democrats – made a Twitter post that reads like this: »Sexist abuse only stops when .. 1. All men learn to behave properly AND 2. No women use their bodies for the sole purpose of gaining power. Mette is sitting on the pinnacle of power […]
As a crime, Sanna Marin is a feminist icon and a new supercomputer: Finland in the world press
deserved praise for his ambitious goals and determined leadership in the light of recent controversy over a photo event where he was wearing a low cover. In other news, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has chosen Finland as the location for the $ 160 million supercomputer. The project is funded by the European Joint Undertaking EuroHPC, a […]
Ellemann wants to join the youth party after a new documentary
The Liberal Party’s chairman, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, will intervene in cases of violations in the Liberal Party’s Youth (VU). He says this to Politiken, prior to TV2 bringing a documentary about violations and abuse in several youth parties. – We are not the same association, but we originate from the same ideology, and we have, as […]
Ritt Bjerregaard: Good that Frank Jensen himself withdrew
This was the right thing to do when Frank Jensen (S) earlier Monday was forced to resign as mayor of the City of Copenhagen and as deputy chairman of the Social Democrats. This is the assessment of the party colleague and his predecessor as Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregaard. – It did not occur […]
Commentator: Kofod can sleep peacefully for the time being despite the Jensen exit
Repeated sexual abuse of women through 30 years led on Monday to Frank Jensen (S) having to resign as mayor of the City of Copenhagen and as deputy chairman of the Social Democrats. With the departure of the prominent politician, whom Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) has called “the right decision”, the question now is […]
Frank Jensen: I cheered on Sofie Linde but am an offender myself
Nine years after Mayor Frank Jensen (S) licked a woman and held another while dancing in the party hall at Copenhagen City Hall, he steps forward and admits that he is an abuser. It happens even in the same place where the violations happened. – The cases I have are often related to dancing to […]
A large majority leaves Frank Jensen in the mayoral post
Frank Jensen has received support from an overwhelming majority of Social Democratic party colleagues in Copenhagen to continue as mayor. He states this after a four-hour crisis meeting. – There has been a show of hands at the meeting, and an overwhelming majority showed me support, he says after the meeting. He himself had convened […]
OVERVIEW: Cases against Frank Jensen go back to the 90s
On Sunday evening, Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor, Frank Jensen (S), will explain himself after accusations of abusive behavior. It was two cases of cross-border behavior, as Jyllands-Posten has described, that triggered the meeting. On Sunday afternoon, the newspaper was able to report that there are eight more cases involving the mayor. Get an overview of the […]
Martin Lidegaard stays in the Radicals
Former Radical Party Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard has decided to stay in the party despite the harsh weeks of recent weeks over sexism and leadership in the party. This is what Martin Lidegaard says after the party’s meeting on Sunday. Here, Sofie Carsten Nielsen once again got the support of the parliamentary group to continue […]
OVERVIEW: From a hand on a thigh to open war in the Radicals
Last week, the political leader of the Radicals, Morten Østergaard, resigned after an hour-long group meeting. It happened after MP Lotte Rod stood up and told that she had experienced inappropriate touches in the party several years back. It turned out to be Østergaard’s hand she had removed from her thigh. But the conflict in […]
OVERVIEW: From Linde’s speech to Østergaard’s farewell
A political bomb detonated last week in the Radical Left, when an hour-long secret meeting ended with the departure of political leader Morten Østergaard. It happened after MP Lotte Rod stood up and told that she had experienced inappropriate touches in the party several years back. It turned out to be Østergaard’s hand she had […]
664 people in Danish metoo appeal
In Denmark, the metoo wave continues and more and more professional groups have issued appeals. Most recently, 664 people in the Danish film industry have signed a petition against sexual harassment. The call began with a young employee at a film company last month going out with his story about how a famous director treated […]
Sexism: Denmark’s ghost weaves ever larger as more reports emerge
“One of the least feminist countries in the developed world.” Such was Denmark described by the Guardian in May last year after a YouGov survey showed that only one in six Danes considered themselves a feminist. With the eventual arrival of the #MeToo movement this year, there may be more now. But after a series […]
New sexism cases shake the Radicals
It has been a tough and emotional week for the Radicals, and Friday was no exception. In the middle of the afternoon, the now former leader Morten Østergaard detonated a new bomb when he wrote on Facebook that several years ago he had been made aware that three women had experienced unwanted sexual attention from […]
Radical national chairman has full confidence in Sofie Carsten Nielsen
The national chairman of the Radicals, Svend Thorhauge, has full confidence in the parliamentary group’s new political leader, Sofie Carsten Nielsen. – We have a new, good and strong group chairman, and I look forward to the cooperation and to moving forward with the important issues we face, he says. Also read: OVERVIEW: Power struggle […]
Not the thigh but the lie fell Østergaard
With party leader Morten Østergaard’s (R) resignation as a consequence of an internal sexism case in the party, completely new standards are set. Many must now look at themselves in the mirror and think whether their behavior is or was o…
Sofie Carsten won the election over Lidegaard after the Østergaard exit
There was a battle choice to replace Morten Østergaard as the Radicals’ political leader when he resigned on Wednesday night as a result of a sexism case with him and party colleague Lotte Rod in the center. The new political leader, Sofie Carsten Nielsen, says after the approximately six and a half hour long group […]
Østergaard violated Lotte Rod and is done – Sofie Carsten replaces
Morten Østergaard resigns as political leader of the Radicals and is replaced by Sofie Carsten Nielsen. He announces this on Wednesday night after a six and a half hour long group meeting in The Black Diamond. The meeting began Wednesday morning and lasted until the early evening. The reason is that Morten Østergaard several years […]
Ekstra Bladet reprimands three employees for violations
Ekstra Bladet reprimands three employees after the newspaper has carried out an external sexism investigation. It writes Mediawatch. – Based on the cases, we have taken some disciplinary measures, which has meant that three employees at Ekstra Bladet have received disciplinary reprimands, says editor-in-chief Poul Madsen. Poul Madsen also states that three former employees have […]
Large press campaign: Østergaard will comment on sexism cases
In an attempt to avoid the press, the Radicals have moved their group meeting from the group room at Christiansborg to a room in Den Sorte Diamant. On the agenda is the party’s pending violation case. Lotte Rod, who is a Member of Parliament for the Radicals, said in mid-September that she has experienced being […]
In the midst of a sexism case, radical group meeting has moved to unknown place
The Radicals will hold a group meeting on Wednesday, where, among other things, the current violation case in the party is on the agenda. The meeting should have been held in the party’s group room at Christiansborg, but the party has moved the meeting to an unknown location so they can keep it in the […]
Morten Østergaard: I have made mistakes in cases of sexism
The Radicals will not publicly name the man who is part of the case of the party’s MP Lotte Rod, who has said that she has been taken on in her time as a politician. This is what the Radicals’ political leader, Morten Østergaard, wrote on Monday night in a post about sexism on Facebook. […]
News director at TV2 has been admitted and operated on for a blood clot
TV2’s news director, Mikkel Hertz, was this weekend admitted and operated on for a blood clot in the heart. It writes TV2. According to TV2’s CEO, Anne Engdal Stig Christensen, Mikkel Hertz said on Monday morning that he is “in good spirits”, but “very tired”. – It hurts me endlessly on Mikkel’s behalf, and I […]
Member of Parliament awaits conclusion in internal infringement case
Member of Parliament for the Radicals Lotte Rod will not name who she has felt violated by within the party. – It is not my goal to point in the direction of one or the other person. I think this is the best way to change the culture, she writes in a text message to […]
#MeToo in Christiansborg: Hundreds report cases of sexism in Danish politics
Members of parliament have expressed their shock that so many female party members have claimed to have been victims of or witnessed sexism in Danish politics. The revelation comes when the #MeToo debate further anchors itself in the Danish news cycle, as the emphasis moves away from the media’s experiences to experiences in politics. Recognition […]
Doctors: Hospital managements need to solve sexism problem
More than 500 have signed a declaration demanding a showdown with the sexism experienced in the medical world. Thus, the recent debate about sexism in the media industry has spread. The chairman of the Young Doctors, Helga Schultz, says that they first and foremost see the problem as a work environment problem. – That is […]
The top of the Liberal Alliance must address sexism
Of the 322 women who have signed a petition against sexism and abuse in political organizations, 25 are from the Liberal Alliance. The party’s political leader and chairman, Alex Vanopslagh, says after his speech at the party’s national meeting on Saturday that the matter will be dealt with at the party’s top. – This is […]
Hundreds sign up to fight sexism in the medical profession
A collection of signatures entitled “Stop sexism among doctors” has received over 540 signatures on Saturday morning, reports TV2. The text, which is signed, describes a number of examples from female doctors such as unwanted kisses on the neck and invitations to sit on a doctor’s lap. The text describes both unwanted sexual attention, but […]
322 women protest against sexism in Danish politics
322 women, all current or former members of a political party, are now sending a call for sexism in politics. This is done in a debate post addressed directly to the managements of the political parties. In the debate post, which is brought in Politiken, the 322 women report on a large extent of sexism […]
V group chairman rejects dispute over sexism: Storm in a glass of water
It is “a storm in a glass of water” that the Liberal parliamentary group should disagree about the debate on sexism and violations that has flared up in recent weeks. This is what the party’s group chairman, Karsten Lauritzen, says after a group meeting on Thursday morning. He accuses the press of running the debate. […]
Haarder backs Støjberg: Sexism debate has gone over thread
The longtime Liberal member Bertel Haarder agrees with the party’s deputy chairman, Inger Støjberg, that the debate on sexism has gone awry. He says this before a group meeting in the party, where the topic, according to several media, is to be discussed. – Now I have been walking around here for 40 years, and […]
Støjberg sends internal mail after debated MeToo postings
The Liberal Party’s deputy chairman and acting chairman, Inger Støjberg, has sent an email to the party’s parliamentary group, after she wrote in a Facebook post on Monday that it was going “completely over thread with all that MeToo and sexism talk”. It writes Ekstra Bladet. The newspaper is familiar with the content of the […]
Minister: Cultural change must stop sexual harassment in the workplace
There has been a culture in the Danish workplaces where the problems with sexual harassment have not been discussed and highlighted well enough. Therefore, Minister for Gender Equality Mogens Jensen (S) will look at whether more legislation should be made, which should help to change the culture in Danish workplaces so that sexual harassment does […]
OVERVIEW: Jeppe Kofod sex case from 2008
In Easter 2008, the then Member of Parliament and Foreign Spokeswoman for the Social Democrats Jeppe Kofod had sex with a 15-year-old girl at a political youth party. After the episode, Kofod took full responsibility and gave a public apology. The story has become relevant again after TV host Sofie Linde in connection with this […]
Politicians come forward about sexual harassment at Christiansborg
Member of Parliament Brigitte Klintskov Jerkel (K) and former Member of Parliament Özlem Cekic (SF) say that sexual harassment and sexism abound at Christiansborg. It writes DR. Özlem Cekic says that she was told, among other things, that she “talks so much that you feel like putting some bullets in your mouth, taping you so […]
The leadership of the Folketing puts sexism on the agenda
The Presidium of the Folketing has sexism on the agenda on Wednesday. This is what Henrik Dam Kristensen (S), who is chairman of the Folketing, says to TV2 and BT. He will make sure victims have a place to turn to if the problem arises. – We must be sure that it will be taken […]
Helle Thorning-Schmidt shares experience with sexual harassment cases
Former Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt writes in a post on Instagram that she has “quite a lot of experience with sexual harassment cases”. She shares the post in light of the recent debate, after 1615 women from the Danish media industry have signed a letter of support to TV host Sofie Linde that a sexist […]
DR boss after sexism letter: Clear communication is needed
According to Sandy French, news director at DR News, all guidelines and rules in DR are in place when it comes to cross-border behavior. She says this after 701 women signed a letter against sexism. They did this to support TV host Sofie Linde. At this year’s Zulu Comedy Galla, Sofie Linde shared personal experiences […]
701 women support Sofie Linde’s protest against sexism
701 women have signed an open letter to the media industry, supporting TV host Sofie Linde’s protest against sexism in the industry. It writes Politiken. In the letter, the women criticize the Danish media managers for not doing enough to stop sexism in the industry. – We are told that the door is always open. […]
The Minister of Culture will be notified of equal pay in DR and TV2
Minister of Culture Joy Mogensen (S) has asked the board chairmen of DR and TV2 to explain how they pay male and female hosts. It writes the Minister of Culture on Facebook. The request comes in the wake of the announcement from TV host Sofie Linde. As the host of the “Zulu Comedy Galla”, she […]
