US EditionSpiral Campaign: Greenland Women Fight for Justice and Against Oblivion
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On Wednesday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen officially apologized to the victims of the spiral campaign for the first time. Photographer Juliette Pavy's pictures show the suffering the Inuit had for decades.
In the 60s and 70s, Denmark used spirals of thousands of Grönländer women – including very young women.
In the 60's and 70's Danish doctors have used spirals for the prevention of underage Grönländer women. "The Danish state has taken away my innocence," says one sufferer.
On Wednesday, 27 August, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen officially apologized to the victims of the forced contraception campaign of Inuit women implemented in Greenland from the 1960s to the early 1990s. Nearly 4,500 women were reportedly victims during this period.
Many minors had been using spirals without the consent of their parents. Greenland is also fighting for justice in "parent competence tests that systematically penalize Greenlanders.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologised on behalf of her country for the so-called "spiral campaign" in Greenland in the 1960s and later on, using a spiral to prevent pregnancy for minors without parents' information. "We cannot change what has happened, but we can take responsibility," said Frederiksen, according to a statement.
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