forced sterilization

Black and white photo of a hospital bed (operating table type) in the 60-70s.

Denmark and Greenland confront a traumatic birth control campaign

21 July 2022 by Martine Lind Krebs

The contraceptive device IUD is at the centre of a crisis in the relationship between Denmark and Greenland. An investigative podcast has revealed that Danish health authorities in the 60s and 70s placed thousands of IUDs in Green [...]

Women victims of forced sterilisation (Peru)

Peru

Forced sterilization in Peru: “After decades in limbo, there will finally be a decision”

15 April 2021 by Lucien Chauvin

Hundreds of thousands of victims of forced sterilization are waiting for it since the 1990s in Peru, after a massive and violent ‘national population policy’ was imposed by former president Alberto Fujimori. A decision on whether [...]