Greenland to open truth commission over forced contraception
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Neutral summary
Greenland's government said Friday it would establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to shed light on a campaign of forced contraception carried out by Danish authorities from the 1960s to 1990. Two expert reports concluded the practice violated women's human rights but did not meet the legal definition of genocide. At least 4,000 Greenlandic women and girls, some as young as 12, received intrauterine devices or contraceptive injections without their consent between 1966 and 1991. Last year, Denmark approved compensation of 300,000 Danish kroner for affected women.
How it was framed
Outlets: 12. Countries: 8. Facts in the shared core: 13.
Publication timeline
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CNews (outlet profile)
Stérilets posés de force, 4.500 femmes concernées... La contraception forcée d'Inuits au Groenland rappelle le lourd passé du Danemark dans ce territoire. Le Groenland présentera ce vendredi 28 août un rapport d'experts…
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L'Humanité (outlet profile)
Groenland : le Danemark va indemniser les femmes inuits victimes de stérilisations forcées, un premier pas vers la qualification de génocide ?. Le Parlement danois a donné son feu vert jeudi 27 août à l’indemnisati…
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Clarín (outlet profile)
Las mujeres groenlandesas finalmente serán indemnizadas por la anticoncepción forzada. Durante décadas, Dinamarca implantó dispositivos intrauterinos a mujeres de Groenlandia con el fin de contener el crecimiento de la…
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NRK (outlet profile)
Rapporter: Tvangssterilisering på Grønland var brudd på menneskerettigheter. Tvangssterilisering av kvinner på Grønland på 1960- og 70-tallet var et brudd på menneskerettighetene, men de var ikke folkemord. Det er konkl…
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France 24 (outlet profile)
Greenland to open truth commission over forced contraception scheme. Greenland's government said Friday it would establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to shed light on a campaign of forced contraception carri…
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Dnevnik (Novi Sad) (outlet profile)
НИЈЕ ГЕНОЦИД? Принудна контрацепција 1970-их на Гренланду “само“ кршила права жена ОВО ЈЕ ЗАКЉУЧАК ДВА ОДВОЈЕНА ИЗВЕШТАЈА. Програм принудне контрацепције који је Данска спроводила на Гренланду током 1960-их и 1970-их пр…
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El Economista (outlet profile)
Control de natalidad forzoso en Groenlandia violó los derechos de las mujeres, pero no fue genocidio. Una campaña de anticoncepción forzada en Groenlandia, que se llevó a cabo sobre todo en los años 60 y 70, violó los d…
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Euronews (outlet profile)
Greenland to open truth commission over forced contraception of Inuit women scheme. From the 1960s to 1990, more than 4,000 Greenlandic women were forced to wear a contraceptive coil, in the majority of cases without th…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Reports split over whether forced contraception of Greenlandic women and girls constituted genocide. Two reports investigating the forcible contraception of thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland by Danish…
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The Jerusalem Post (outlet profile)
Forced birth control in Greenland violated women's rights, didn't constitute genocide, experts find. At least 4,000 Greenlandic women and girls, some as young as 12, received intrauterine devices or contraceptive inject…
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BBC News (outlet profile)
Greenland says findings on genocide allegation not final. Experts examined the use of forced contraception on the Inuit community during the 1960s and 70s.
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Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
Forced birth control in Greenland violated women’s rights, experts find. Truth commission to be established after two expert reports failed to agree whether scheme constituted genocide.
Factual core
- The forced contraception program targeted women in Greenland.
- The expert reports concluded that the forced contraception program did not meet the legal definition of genocide.
- Between 1966 and 1991, at least 4,000 Greenlandic girls and women had intrauterine devices inserted or were given contraceptive injections without consent.
- Durante décadas, Dinamarca implantó dispositivos intrauterinos a mujeres de Groenlandia.
- The conclusion of the reports is that the program was a human rights violation but not genocide.
- El propósito de la implantación de dispositivos intrauterinos era contener el crecimiento de la población de la isla.
- El jueves, el Gobierno aprobó un proyecto de ley de indemnización.
- The reports were presented at a press conference in the afternoon.
- The reports were commissioned in 2024 by the then-government in Nuuk.
- A previous investigation showed that the goal of the intrauterine device campaign was to lower birth rates.
- Last year, Denmark decided to pay 300,000 Danish kroner in compensation to the affected women.
- The reports were released today.
- The reports were authored by experts.