The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.
The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.The following exhibitions are accessible only via stairs: Industrial Work, We Are the Workers, The Battle of the Commons and The Children’s Workers Museum. The elevator is under repair until June 5.

Listen to Assignment 1 - Clara Zetkin at the "II. International Congress of Women" 1910

Listen to Assignment 1 - Clara Zetkin at the "II. International Congress of Women" 1910

Listen to Task 2 - Selected posters and leaflets from the 1960s up to the 1990s

Listen to Task 2 - Selected posters and leaflets from the 1960s up to the 1990s

here, look through the overview and discuss the following points:
  • What is recurring both in terms of theme and content? Why do you think so?
  • What historical threads can you find in the themes that will be addressed on March 8? Why do you think so?
  • What is historically new to fight for on March 8th? Why do you think?
  • What can you actually learn by looking through the list, and why do you think the Women's Council makes such an overview?
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Task 3 – It happens on March 8, 2022

In 2022, the Danish Women’s Council created an overview of the events taking place in Denmark on March 8, 2022. Click on the link here, look through the overview and discuss the following points:

  • What is recurring both in terms of theme and content? Why do you think so?
  • What historical threads can you find in the themes that will be addressed on March 8? Why do you think so?
  • What is historically new to fight for on March 8th? Why do you think?
  • What can you actually learn by looking through the list, and why do you think the Women’s Council makes such an overview?

Sources

Source 1 - When women are harassed and threatened, democracy loses

Find an excerpt of Rosa Lund's (Enhedslisten) and Anna Berg's (Enhedslisten) post in Politiken on March 8, 2020 by clicking on the paper.

Listen to Source 1 - When women are harassed and threatened, democracy loses

Listen to an excerpt of Rosa Lund's (Enhedslisten) and Anna Berg's (Enhedslisten) speech in Politiken on March 8, 2020 by clicking on the paper.

Source 2 - Feminism, no thanks

Find an excerpt of Mie Harder's (former conservative councilor in Frederiksberg) article in Berlingske on March 8, 2011 by clicking on the paper.

Listen to Source 2 - Feminism, no thanks

Listen to an excerpt of Mie Harder's (former conservative councilor in Frederiksberg) article in Berlingske on March 8, 2011 by clicking on the paper.

Source 3 - We've always been talked about, but not with

Find an excerpt of Dina Hashem's (lawyer and political advisor at AMNESTY, an NGO working to prevent human rights violations) article in Politiken on March 8, 2020 by clicking on the paper.

Listen to Source 3 - We've always been talked about, but not with

Listen to an excerpt of Dina Hashem's (lawyer and political advisor at AMNESTY, an NGO working to prevent human rights violations) speech in Politiken on March 8, 2020 by clicking on the paper.

Source 4 - Women work nine more full-time weeks per year at home than men. They should be paid for it

Find an excerpt of Sarah Abildskov's (Executive Committee member of RGU, Smoke-Green Youth collaborates with the party Enhedslisten) post in Information on March 8, 2022 by clicking on the paper.

Listen to Source 4 - Women work nine more full-time weeks per year at home than men. They should be paid for it

Listen to an excerpt of Sarah Abildskov's (executive committee member of RGU, Smoke-Green Youth collaborates with the party Enhedslisten) post in Information on March 8, 2022 by clicking on the paper.

Source 5 - By 2050, male and female professions will be something you read about in history books

Find an excerpt of Lizette Risgaard's (President of FH, The Confederation of Danish Trade Unions, Denmark's largest trade union organization) article in Information on 8 March 2021 by clicking on the paper.

Listen to Source 5 - By 2050, women's and men's professions will be something you read about in history books

Listen to an excerpt of Lizette Risgaard's (President of FH, the Confederation of Danish Trade Unions, Denmark's largest trade union organization) speech in Information on 8 March 2021 by clicking on the paper.

Source 6 - The fight for equality starts in the schoolyard

Find an excerpt of Sarah Gruszow Bærentzen's (former chairwoman of DSE, Forening for Danske Skoleelever) article in Information on March 8, 2019 by clicking on the paper.

Listen to Source 6 - The fight for equality starts in the schoolyard

Listen to an excerpt of Sarah Gruszow Bærentzen's (former chairwoman of DSE, Forening for Danske Skoleelever) article in Information on March 8, 2019 by clicking on the paper.