The birth rate had decrsased from 70,802 live births per year in 1970 issue. to 61,467 in 1989. The number of marriages wae reported as 36,376 in 1970, 26,448 in 1980 and 32,080 in 1989. The number of divorcee had increased slightly from 9,524 in 1970 to 14,717 in 1989, which represented a rate of 13.7 per 1,000 married aouplee in 1989. Data on the number of reported offences of violence were not disaggregated by gender, but had shown a gradual increase from 5,719 in 1980 to 10,291 in 1989. 254. %n response to a question as to whether there were any plans to amend the Conetitution to include entrenched equality provisions, the representative stated that no plans were envisaged further to those described in the second The budget Of ESC had been increased by 3 million Danish periodic report. kroner, which baa enabled ESC to make special efforts in selected areas, such as women in the decision-making process, equal pay, the possibility of combining work and family life , equality in education and improving equality For the years 1990 and 1991, DKr 1.8 million had been in the public sector. allotted to ESC for special projects. The representative reported that the second periodic report had been prepared by the Government of Denmark, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and ESC: the entire government administration had also been involved. Women’s organisations had not been consulted directly but they were aware of the report and of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WOmen. The report had been discussed at a meeting of an international Equality Committee, held on 23 January 1991, at whioh both women’s organisations and the Folketinq had been represented. The report was being used to provide information on the work of ESC, and other when the Convention had been ratified by organisations were using it too. Denmark, it had been published in the same way as all legislation and, in addition, in the annual report of ESC, together with the work of the The tenth anniversary of the Convention had been mentioned in the Committee. newsletter of ESC. reported, were very 255. Women’s organisations in Denmark, the representative interested in international work in EEC, particularly in the European women’s lobby. She also mentioned a growing interest in, and concern for, the conditions of women in Eastern Europe. A Nordic forum had been held in 1988 and another was planned for 1994. She said that, nationally and internationally, the main concerns of the women’s organisations were the promotion of research on women, the study of women in the decision-making process, the economic empowerment of women, the issue of equal pay and the The umbrella organieation of the Danish provision of day-care facilities. Women’s National Council received a subsidy from the Government of DKr 300,000 The Government provided funds for one employee of the Danish.Women’s ; a year. Society and, in addition, gave subsidies to the womeh’e organisations on an irregular basis. 256. In response to a follow-up question on the membership of women’s organisations, the representative said that few young women had participated in the Nordic forum in 1988, but she considerea that the lack of participation had not been caused by a lack of interest but by the fact that women did not feel affected by discrimination. 257. In response to another question, the representative said that the 150 cases of positive discrimination that had been referred TV ESC had been initiated by central government (specifically, the Ministry of Education), -5o-