Denmark Establishes High-Level Women Deliver Support Committee

March 10th, 2015

“You have not been randomly selected,” the Danish Minister of Trade and Development, Mogens Jensen told the high-level participants last week at the first meeting of the newly established Danish Women Deliver Committee. “You are here because you represent an institution or organization, which I see contributing to involving the Danes, and the world, in the most important issue of our time - the struggle for women's and girls' health and rights.”
Around the lunch table in the Foreign Ministry’s old warehouse sat 15 of the 20 committee members - key influencers representing cultural associations, trade unions, the media, the private sector, and organizations active in development cooperation and political life. HRH Crown Princess Mary, who will be the patron of the Women Deliver conference, was also there as she will be following the work of the Committee.
The meeting was an opportunity for Katja Iversen, the CEO of Women Deliver, to provide more details about the conference and planning thus far and express how honored and moved she was for the generous Danish support:
“The fact that the Minister has established this committee is wonderful, and I know that the conference will be even better, with such amazing support behind it. I can just envision May 2016, Women Deliver month in Denmark, where the issues of girls’ and women’s health rights and wellbeing will permeate the country. It is a beautiful and doable dream.”
The participants had all been asked to provide concrete ideas on what they and their institutions could contribute and it was evident that the committee members had taken the task to heart.  They had a number of ideas on how they could get involved and offer support in multiple and creative ways, and it was evident that they were on board and would go home and make the ideas more concrete.   
The minister closed the meeting by saying:
“I very much appreciate hearing all of your plans to actively support the Women Deliver Conference and put a focus on girls and women’s health and rights, which is a signature issue in Danish development aid. Together we will create broad public popular support for the issues, and collectively we can achieve amazing impact and attention in both a Danish and global context.”

The members  of the Danish Women Deliver Committee are:
- Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen
- Merete Ipsen, Museum Director of the Women's Museum in Aarhus
- Mette Gjerskov, Chairman of the Danish Parliamentary Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
- Karsten Lauritzen, Deputy Chairman of Danish Parliamentary Network for SRHR
- Maria Rørbye Ronn, Director General and CEO, Danish Broadcast Corporation (DR)
- Lars Liebst, Managing Director, Tivoli
- Niels Nygaard, Chairman, Danish Sports Federation (DIF)
- Søren Møller, President, Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI)
- Henrik Rasmussen, CEO, Roskilde Festival
- Vibeke Windeløv, Executive Director, Betty Nansen Theatre
- Lillian Bondo, President, Danish Midwives Association
- Per Christensen, Union President, United Federation of Danish Workers (3F)
- Miranda Wernay Dagsson, President, Danish School students
- Thomas Bustrup, Deputy Director General Danish Industry (DI)
- Charlotte Ersbøll, Corporate Vice President, Novo Nordisk
- Henriette Laursen, Secretary General, Danish Youth Council (DUF)
- Lars Udsholt, Board Chair, Globalt Focus
- Lisa Holmefjord, Board Chair, Danish Women's Society
- Tania Dethlefsen, International Director, Danish Family Planning Association (Sex &Samfund)

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