Denmark: Danish commission wants to ban hijab in primary school
NordenBladet – A hijab ban in primary school is one of the proposals from a Danish commission that has looked at how minority women can be guaranteed the same rights as other women.
-“When someone wears a hijab, it shows that Danish Muslims are different from other Danish girls,” says commission leader Christina Krzyrosiak Hansen to the Ritzau news agency.
“When you are a little girl and go to primary school, you should be allowed to just be a child. If someone finds out later in life, when they are adults, that they want to wear a headscarf – of their own free will – we don’t get involved,” says Hansen.
“But we have to talk openly about this happening. No one believes that an eight-year-old girl takes it on all by herself,” she adds.
The government-appointed commission has made recommendations that apply to girls from ethnic minorities.
In addition to hijab bans in schools, it recommends, among other things, that children’s groups in day care “should reflect the population”.
They also want courses in modern Danish education to be given to “selected minority ethnic parents”, and they want to strengthen sex education.
No figures have been presented on how many wear the hijab at school or how many feel pressured to wear a headscarf.
Earlier this year, the commission announced that it would make recommendations in three stages. The first should be about children, the next two will be about young people and adults.
Immigration and Integration Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek has not responded to Danmarks Radio’s question about how the government relates to the recommendations that have been made.
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