1. Position paper<br />< Denmark - Address the status of women in developing nations.><br /> <br />1828800-635 By. Tae Hun Lee<br /> ( Flag of Denmark )<br />Denmark is one of the most developed countries in Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democratic rule in which citizens periodically choose their representatives in free and fair multiparty elections. Currently, Queen Margrethe II is the head of state. Basing only in this fact – a woman being the head of state, we can say that gender equality in this country is effective.<br />A lot of problems for women of this county have occurred before the currents status of women was attained. Violence against women was a problem, which the Government took steps to combat with its 2002 action plan that included therapy for the victims.<br />The law requires equal pay for equal work, but, in practice, female workers earned about 14 percent less than their male counterparts. The law prohibits job discrimination on the basis of sex and provides recourse. Education, equal access to careers and business, and property rights were all goals of the nineteenth century middle-class women's rights movement. <br />At the same time, working-class women organized to improve women's lives through the formation of labor unions and the Social Democratic Party, the architects of the welfare state. Founded in 1885, Women Workers Union organized unskilled women workers to fight for better working conditions and wages. Through union and party affiliations, working-class women's organizations have pursued state-supported programs, such as daycare, parental leave, health care, unemployment compensation, and old-age pensions.<br />In general, we can state that a lot of improvements have been done to make the position of women better in the Danish society. Although most women still struggle to achieve full gender equality in all levels, we can commend Denmark’s government for doing great steps. We should hope that in the future more laws could be passed to make things better for women not just in Denmark but for the rest of the world.<br />