Robina Choudry pushes the needle and thread through the head of a stuffed dog, pulling the stitches together into an eye.

»I’ve made at least ten of these – I should open a shop«, says the 56-year-old woman of Pakistani descent, in a brightly lit room at the Brøndby municipal job center. Around the table, four other women sit sewing teddy bears. They are on cash benefits and covered by the rules on mandatory work, which require them to show up at the municipality 37 hours a week and make themselves available.