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Feminist NGO held taxpayer-funded workshops aimed at turning boarding-school students into ‘agents of change for equality’

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Feminist organization Female Freedom received nearly 200,000 kroner in development aid for workshops with Danish boarding-school students.
  • The stated aim was to create a change in students’ attitudes, a goal that has drawn strong criticism from politicians at Christiansborg.
  • The article highlights the involvement of a controversial midwife with a conviction who leads the NGO.

A feminist organization received nearly 200,000 kroner in development aid for workshops designed to change the attitudes of Danish boarding-school students. The funding has triggered strong criticism at Christiansborg.

Female Freedom did not hide the purpose of its application for development assistance. The workshops were intended to bring about a “change” in the students’ attitudes and, as the headline puts it, make them “agents of change for equality.”

change

· Female FreedomThe organization used the term in its application to describe the intended effect of the workshops on students’ attitudes.

The article also draws attention to the NGO’s leadership, describing its front figure as a controversial midwife who has been convicted. It presents the combination of public funding, political education and the leader’s record as the focus of the criticism.

agents of change for equality

· Female FreedomThe headline’s phrase describes the workshops’ stated aim for participating boarding-school students.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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