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Denmark to pay €40,000 each to Greenlandic women and girls who were forcibly given contraception

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 decades starting in the 1960s.

The Danish health ministry said on Wednesday that women who were given contraception against their knowledge or consent between 1960 and 1991 can apply for individual payouts of 300,000 Danish kroner (about €40,200) starting next April.

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