Countries: Denmark
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2015 of the State party’s previous report in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the following measures:...Adoption of a new law on matrimonial property that, in principle, divides all assets upon divorce equally between the spouses and provides for the awarding of compensation to a spouse who has helped to preserve or increase the other spouse’s wealth, in 2018 (Law No. 548/2018)" (2).

Countries: Denmark
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2

"The study was conducted by the research companies Als Research and Epinion on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Education. It is based on a survey of 1,441 students in sixth to eighth grades from 19 elementary schools and eight independent and private schools, as well as 22 interviews with students and 17 interviews with teachers. According to Khawaja, a study from 2018 on the extent of negative social control showed that few Danish school children – 8 percent of the participants in the study – are actually exposed to social control." (Para.15-16) "On August 26, several thousand people took to the streets of Copenhagen to protest the ban proposal....more

Countries: Denmark
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1

'The study from 2018, which is referred to, states that only 43 percent of the ethnic minority girls in the study are allowed to see male friends in their spare time, while the same is the case for 88 percent of the ethnic Danish girls,' the statement read.'And 13 percent of ethnic minority girls are afraid that their families will plan their future against their will, while the same is the case for 5 percent of the ethnic majority girls. One of the aims of the commission is to bring recommendations on how to equalise differences like these between Danes who are ethnic minorities and majorities,' it added. (Para.39-40).more

Countries: Denmark
Variables: LO-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law prohibits discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Gender Equality Act, Ch.1 (Sec. 1a) and Ch.2 (Sec. 2). According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided....more

Countries: Denmark
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Inheritance Act, Secs. 9, 10 and 12.

Countries: Denmark
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"The Danish property regime is (complete) community property (“Formuefællesskab“). When marriage terminates (divorce or death), each party is to receive 50 per cent of the total net property of the two spouses. Only pensions are exempt from this distribution. Spouses may execute a marital agreement (“Ægtepagt“), either before or during their marriage, stating that another division of property shall apply between them. Separate property is an agreement about what will not be divided in the event of divorce. The agreement must be drawn up as a marriage contract and must be formally registered to be valid" (para 5-8).

Countries: Denmark
Variables: LO-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"Women have the same legal status and rights as men, including under family, labor, religious, personal status and nationality, property, inheritance, employment, access to credit, and owning and managing businesses and property laws" (15).

Countries: Denmark
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAD-LAW-1

"The list below highlights the main situations that can occur when the individual did not leave a will: Married: the inheritance will go entirely to the spouse if there are no children; if the individual has children, then the spouse will receive half and the children the other half, irrespective of their number. Unmarried beneficiary class 1: the child or the grandchildren are the ones included in this first class; Unmarried beneficiary class 2: the parents the brother or sister and nephews/nieces are included here, in this order; Unmarried beneficiary class 3: the maternal and parental grandmother or grandfather, the maternal and paternal uncle or aunt are the last ones...more

Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1

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Countries: Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1

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Countries: Denmark
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

"Denmark has adopted a number of four-year action plans on gender mainstreaming. Despite the lengthy process involved, February 2013 saw the National Strategy for Future Work with Gender Mainstreaming Assessment in the Public Sector published, ensuring that all political initiatives, including all relevant acts, are assessed to secure gender equality" (Para. 3). "Gender equality action plans (published yearly since 2002, in compliance with the Law on Gender Equality) include several priorities and specific initiatives within the area of gender equality. The main vision of the 2018 action plan is that ‘no one should experience discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity’. The action plan for 2019] focuses on...more

Countries: Denmark
Variables: ISTD-DATA-1

"Every citizen has equal access to information, treatment and care in the field of HIV and AIDS. In 2015, 273 new cases of HIV were reported of which 70 were women…" (26).

Countries: Denmark
Variables: LRW-DATA-1

"Digital sexual assaults are common not least among young people, and girls and women are far more exposed than boys and men. For instance, 27.2 percent of young women aged 16–24 have been exposed to non-physical sexual assaults. For young men, the share is 6.7 percent" (6). "In 2018 the Crisis Centre in Tórshavn (Kvinnuhúsið) processed 580 requests for assistance, which is a slight decrease since 2012 (624); 12 women and 9 children stayed at the Crisis Centre for periods ranging from 1 day to more than 90 days. The reasons for referral included domestic violence, divorce, financial difficulties, incest and rape" (46).

Countries: Denmark
Variables: ASR-DATA-1

"More women than men complete a higher education and almost the same number of men and women achieve a Ph.D. Although the share of women in academia has increased in recent years, only about one third of researchers are female. In 2017, the share of female full professors was 22.2 percent (Table 6, Annex 1). University management has the key responsibility for increasing the number of female researchers and for ensuring good and equal conditions for recruitment, promotion and retention of both male and female researchers" (19). "In 2013, Independent Research Fund Denmark organised a conference on Gender in research. An element in this conference was to follow up on...more

Countries: Denmark
Variables: CLCW-LAW-2, ATDW-LAW-5

"[In Greenland] women and men have the same right to marry, to choose a spouse, to seek divorce, to enter into a registered partnership, and to choose a surname and employment" (40).