COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark has reached a deal to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over cases of forcible contraception carried out by health authorities over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greenland is a self-governing territory within Denmark. Greenland only gained significant autonomy in 2009, within a strong ...

More than 350 Greenlandic women described nearly 500 incidents during which Danish health officials forced various modes of contraception on them — largely without their consent or knowledge — in a ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, reported that they were forcibly given contraception by Danish health ...

The United States marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday. It was first formally commemorated by President Joe Biden in 2021 to honor Native Americans as a counter-celebration to the federal Columbus ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- At age 13, Katrine Petersen was fitted with a contraceptive device by Danish doctors without her consent. She had become pregnant, and after doctors in the Greenlandic town of ...