Initial Research into social issues

Target group: Young danes, age 18­-30

Alternative ways to approach challenges in society

- health

- welfare

- climate

- integration

- elderly

- children

- religion

- politics

- media

- monarchy

- education

- work

- housing

- criminals/prisons

New legislation makes it harder for Danes to live in other countries (in order to keep migrants out) // http://politiken.dk/debat/profiler/zenia-stampe/ECE2744612/den-nye-regering-lukker-danske-unge-inde-i-landet/

Danish youths traveling to conflict areas - some of the parents have tried stopping them // http://ast.dk/filer/nyheder/resume-af-ankestyrelsens-syriensanalyse.pdf // http://ast.dk/publikationer/ast-undersogelse-af-unge-formodet-udrejst-til-vaebnet-konflikt

The “fuck for Denmark” campaign + in 2012, 40 percent of Danish males had bad sperm quality (and a much smaller chance getting children) http://sund-forskning.dk/artikler/ny-forskning-vaekker-bekymring-daarlig-saedkvalitet-hos-unge-danske-maend/

http://www.vice.com/read/i-spent-two-weeks-eating-out-of-dumpsters-in-copenhagen

‘I ate out of dumpsters in copenhagen for 2 weeks’   Vice article. Food wastage.

http://www.stopspildafmad.dk/

‘Stop spil da mad’

University Collage Nordjylland started a sleeping experiment with 50 students 8th of September, to get them to sleep better. For two days they are not allowed to sleep for more than four hours a day, then they are set to do tasks that measures concentration. Later on they’re gonna sleep for eight hours a day. // http://jyllands-posten.dk/livsstil/familiesundhed/ECE7994289/Nyt+eksperiment+tvinger+danske+unge+til+at+gå+tidligt+i+seng/

Cyber bullying http://www.covenanteyes.com/2012/01/17/bullying-statistics-fast-facts-about-cyberbullying/

Support group for girls from 13-18, concerning grey area prostitution, drugs, crime and violence // http://pigegruppen.kk.dk // http://www.etik.dk/sex-og-etik/unge-danske-piger-ender-som-delvist-prostituerede

2008 statistics: Out of 1300 asked, 10 percent of the girls and 37 percent of the boys said it was ok for girls to get paid for sexual performances.

Why is Denmark that expensive?

http://www.therichest.com/luxury/most-expensive/the-most-expensive-country-in-the-world/

http://denmark.dk/en/meet-the-danes/work-life-balance-the-danish-way/happy-danes/

‘danes happiest nationality in  the world’

Sabaah, an organization targeting LGBT Danes with an ethnic background other than Danish, has a different approach to the concept of the struggling LGBT Other.  Meaning “new day” or “new beginning” in Arabic, Sabaah was founded by a group of young people who, according to the organization’s Web site, “wished to create a sense of community and solidarity, and to create a network among homosexuals with […] ethnic backgrounds [other] than Danish.” Sabaah is a “social network that supports and guides people through the kind of problems that homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals with ethnic backgrounds other than Danish often encounter: Identity, ‘coming-out’, religion, loneliness, family conflicts, parents, reactions, relationships, and the gay community.”  Its founders saw a need for such a support group back in April 15, 2006, the date it was founded. And that such a group still exists and continues to grow suggests that there is still such a need.
http://www.humanityinaction.org/knowledgebase/60-the-gay-other-in-contemporary-copenhagen

Since 2010, Denmark have used 42 million kroners to send troubled kids to Caribbean. Have worked out well in most cases // http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/danmark-sender-vanskeligstilt-ungdom-til-karibia/3422796536.html // http://www.mx.dk/nyheder/danmark/story/18360272 // http://www.mx.dk/nyheder/danmark/story/17467766

Reconstruction of the hymen among immigrant women in Denmark (From Geeti Amiri’s Facebook: «For ti år siden, (mens jeg endnu boede på et bosted for unge minoritetskvinder, som var blevet fjernet hjemmefra grundet æresrelateret vold og social kontrol), mødte jeg en ung kvinde, der vha. myndighederne fik rekonstrueret mødommen. Forklaringen har jeg til dags dato ikke kunne forlige mig mig. Nu ti år efter møder jeg veluddannede kvinder, endda selvforsørgende, som er stadig underlagt det patriarkalske krav om at fremstå jomfru på bryllupsnatten, hvorfor de vælger samme udvej.

Så meget for, at brune kvinder ikke har brug for den den hvide kvindes feminisme, som det lyder fra visse brune såkaldte feminister.» // http://www.b.dk/kommentarer/aisha-er-du-jomfru