Greenland announces it will set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to examine a decades-long campaign of forced contraception affecting Greenlandic (Inuit) women and girls. Reports say that from the 1960s to 1990, more than 4,000 women were made to wear contraceptive coils (intrauterine devices, IUDs), typically without their consent. Coverage also cites that some victims received contraceptive injections.
The initiative follows discussions over how the practice should be legally and historically characterized. One account says experts could not agree on whether the campaign amounts to genocide. Greenland’s government says the commission aims to shed light on actions attributed to Danish authorities during the period in question. Sources also note that, in many cases, consent was absent even for minors, whose parents were not consulted. The commission’s mandate is presented as focused on establishing facts and providing an account of what occurred.
