Overview

• Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen delivered formal apologies at a ceremony in Nuuk on Wednesday.
• Frederiksen announced a reconciliation fund to compensate affected women and other Greenlanders who faced discrimination tied to Inuit identity.
• A joint independent investigation published this month documented accounts from 354 women, including cases involving girls as young as 12 and reports of lasting physical and psychological harm.
• Danish authorities estimate roughly 4,000 to 4,500 women and girls received IUDs in earlier decades of the program, with procedures spanning from the late 1960s to 1992.
• About 150 women are suing the Danish state for rights violations, and a separate legal inquiry will assess whether the campaign could meet the definition of genocide, with findings expected in early 2026.