The Danish Government established in 2000 a cross-ministerial working group on domestic violence and trafficking in women. The group was subsequently split in two to form the working group on combating domestic violence and the working group on combating human trafficking. The working group on domestic violence consists of the Ministry of Integration, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Welfare. The group is led by the Department of Gender Equality. The mandate of the Working Group is to develop and coordinate initiatives to combat violence against women and the group is behind the two national action plans against domestic violence.