United Nations CEDAW/C/DNK/8 Convention on the Elimination Distr.: General 11 September 2013 of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Original: English ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention Eighth periodic reports of States parties due in 2013 Denmark* ** [1 July 2013] * In accordance with the information transmitted to States parties regarding the processing of their reports, the present document has not been formally edited. ** Annexes can be consulted in the files of the Secretariat. CEDAW/C/DNK/8 Contents Paragraphs Page INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 3 Greenland and the Faroe Islands .................................................................................................... 3 CHAPTER 1: THE FRAMEWORK FOR WORKING TOWARDS EQUALITY ....................... 4 ARTICLE 1: FOUNDATION ....................................................................................................... 4 ARTICLE 2: CONSTITUTION AND LEGISLATION................................................................ 4 ARTICLE 3: BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ....................... 5 Gender equality in the public sector .............................................................................................. 6 ARTICLE 4: EQUALITY BODIES AND SPECIAL MEASURES ............................................. 7 The Minister for Gender Equality .................................................................................................. 7 The Ministry of Gender Equality ................................................................................................... 8 The Board of Equal Treatment ...................................................................................................... 8 The Danish Institute for Human Rights ......................................................................................... 8 Denmark’s Centre for Information on Women and Gender (KVINFO) ........................................ 9 NGOs ................................................................................................................ 9 ARTICLE 5: PRIORITIES. SEX ROLE STEREOTYPING AND PARTICIPATION ................ 10 ARTICLE 6: SPECIAL ISSUES. PROSTITUTION, TRAFFICKING AND CODE OF CONDUCT 11 Prostitution ................................................................................................................ 11 ’Exit prostitution’ 2012-2015 ........................................................................................................ 11 Psychology pool ................................................................................................................ 12 Unavailable gender segregated data on prostitution ...................................................................... 12 Code of Conduct ................................................................................................................ 12 Trafficking ................................................................................................................ 13 Legislation ................................................................................................................ 14 CHAPTER 2: PUBLIC LIFE ........................................................................................................ 16 ARTICLE 7: POLITICAL RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATION ..................................................... 16 Women in politics ................................................................................................................ 16 Women on committees, commissions and boards etc. in the state and local authorities ............... 17 Women in management and on boards .......................................................................................... 17 New legislation regarding women in company boards and management positions ....................... 18 Women in armed forces ................................................................................................................ 18 ARTICLE 8: REPRESENTING GOVERNMENT. WOMEN AMBASSADORS ....................... 19 ARTICLE 9: CITIZENSHIP/NATIONALITY ............................................................................. 19 CHAPTER 3: EDUCATION ......................................................................................................... 19 ARTICLE 10: THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND GENDER IN GENERAL ........................... 19 2 CEDAW/C/DNK/8 The education system and gender in general ................................................................................. 19 Day care20 Primary and Lower Secondary Education ..................................................................................... 21 Gender stereotyped educational choices ........................................................................................ 21 General upper secondary education ............................................................................................... 22 Vocational Education and Training (VET) .................................................................................... 22 Access to higher education ............................................................................................................ 23 Completion of higher education .................................................................................................... 24 Women in academia ................................................................................................................ 24 Research funding ................................................................................................................ 25 ARTICLE 11: THE SITUATION IN THE LABOUR MARKET ................................................ 26 Women in the workforce in Denmark ........................................................................................... 26 Ban on discrimination ................................................................................................................ 27 The gender-segregated labour market and the pay differentials .................................................... 27 Maternity, paternity and parental leave ......................................................................................... 30 Part-time work/reduced hours/working hours................................................................................ 31 The Convention on Migrant Workers ............................................................................................ 31 Women Entrepreneurs ................................................................................................................ 31 ARTICLE 12: HEALTH ............................................................................................................... 33 HPV vaccine for cervical cancer ................................................................................................... 34 Fertility ................................................................................................................ 34 Maternity care ................................................................................................................ 34 Right to abortion ................................................................................................................ 34 Prevention packages ................................................................................................................ 35 Life expectancy 2012 ................................................................................................................ 35 Tobacco smoking ................................................................................................................ 36 Health and prevention for foreign women ..................................................................................... 36 HIV/AIDS ................................................................................................................ 36 Violence against women ................................................................................................................ 37 Police filter against child pornography .......................................................................................... 40 ARTICLE 13: GENDER EQUALITY IN OTHER AREAS OF THE FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL LIFE 40 The right to family benefits ........................................................................................................... 40 Family allowance ................................................................................................................ 40 Child allowance ................................................................................................................ 40 ARTICLE 14: RURAL WOMEN ................................................................................................. 41 CHAPTER 4: LEGAL CAPACITY AND MARRIAGE AND FAMILY..................................... 41 ARTICLE 15: LEGAL CAPACITY ............................................................................................. 41 3 CEDAW/C/DNK/8 ARTICLE 16: MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONS ......................................................... 41 Social control among immigrant youths is widespread ................................................................. 42 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix E Appendix F 4 CEDAW/C/DNK/8 Introduction