US EditionGreenland Mother’s Baby Seized Despite Ban on Parenting Tests
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The controversial "parent competence tests" for Greenland families have been banned in Denmark since May because they are considered racist. Nevertheless, Danish authorities took away a Greenland mother's newborn. She had only one hour with her child. The 18-year-old Ivana Nikoline Brønlund, born in Nuuk as a child of Greenland parents and former handball player for Greenland, gave birth to her daughter Aviaja-Luuna in a hospital near Copenhagen…
In Denmark, children from Greenlandic families are placed five times as often as those from Danish families. One reason is parental competence tests based on Danish culture. At least 315 cases are to be reopened.
Greenland mother’s baby seized despite ban on parenting tests
Greenland mother’s baby seized despite ban on parenting testsLegacyA young Greenlandic mother has been left heartbroken after Danish officials seized her newborn baby just an hour after birth, despite a new law banning the controversial parenting competence tests used to justify the removal. The young mother, 18 year old Ivana Nikoline Brønlund, who was born in Nuuk and has represented Greenland in handball, gave birth to her daughter, Aviaja-Lu…
The events took place on August 11, in Denmark. That day, an 18-year-old Greenlandian woman, Ivana...
Ivana Brønlund, 18, saw her newborn removed just an hour after birth, due to some controversial parenting tests.
Outrage After Newborn Removed From Greenlandic Mother Who Failed Danish ‘Parenting Competence’ Test
[Image: Needpix] Danish authorities have taken a one-hour-old infant away from its mother after the Inuit woman failed a Danish “parenting competence” test. Despite a new law banning the use of the controversial psychometric assessments on people with Greenlandic backgrounds, the Danish government has only allowed the mother an hour visit with her baby, and she was not even allowed to comfort the baby or change her nappy. Ivana Nikoline Brønlund…
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