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.Published On 28 Aug 202628 Aug 2026Greenland is establishing a truth and reconciliation commission surrounding a decades-long forced contraceptive scheme against Indigenous girls and women, after two expert reports failed to agree whether it constituted genocide.From the 1960s to the 1990s, at least 4,000 Greenlandic Inuits – including girls as young as 12 – received intrauterine devices (IUDs) or contraceptive injections, often without their consent or knowledge, a joint Danish-Greenlandic inquiry found last year.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Massive iceberg capsizes off the coast of Greenlandlist 2 of 4A US territory? Trump unveils proposal to control Strait of Hormuzlist 3 of 4Can Trump really make Strait of Hormuz a US territory?list 4 of 4Can China’s new Arctic sea route to Europe replace Middle East chokepoints?end of listThat inquiry found the practice was intended to reduce birth rates and family sizes, which Danish authorities at the time viewed as a way to improve living standards and social and health conditions in Greenland, an Arctic island an...