Denmark

The chapter aims at creating awareness of Denmark’s involvement in gender and human security (HS) issues on multiple levels, including the Baltic Sea Region. The chapter addresses HS with a focus on economic, political and social indicators. It is argued that the Nordic welfare state has been and still is influential in terms of Denmark’s response to gender and HS. The chapter further examines the Danish women’s movement, which has been influential on a national level in achieving economic, political and social rights, but which has also been advocating for gender, equality and security on a regional and international level.