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Forced birth control in Greenland violated women’s rights, experts find
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Forced birth control in Greenland violated women’s rights, experts find

Greenland is establishing a truth and reconciliation commission to address a decades-long program in which thousands of Indigenous Inuit women and girls were subjected to forced contraception, including intrauterine devices (IUDs) and injections, often without their consent or knowledge. The initiative follows conflicting findings from two expert reports regarding whether the practice constituted genocide. The program, which took place between the 1960s and 1990s, was reportedly aimed at reducing birth rates in Greenland, then a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. Victims have reported severe physical complications, including infertility, and many feel the investigation has been conducted by outsiders rather than Inuit representatives. While Greenland’s government emphasizes truth-seeking and reconciliation, some groups demand an independent international tribunal to resolve the issue.

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Forced birth control in Greenland violated women’s rights, experts find

Greenland is establishing a truth and reconciliation commission to address a decades-long program in which thousands of Indigenous Inuit women and girls were subjected to forced contraception, including intrauterine devices (IUDs) and injections, often without their consent or knowledge. The initiative follows conflicting findings from two expert reports regarding whether the practice constituted genocide. The program, which took place between the 1960s and 1990s, was reportedly aimed at reducing birth rates in Greenland, then a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. Victims have reported severe physical complications, including infertility, and many feel the investigation has been conducted by outsiders rather than Inuit representatives. While Greenland’s government emphasizes truth-seeking and reconciliation, some groups demand an independent international tribunal to resolve the issue.

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