Denmark will compensate thousands of Greenlandic Inuit women who were subjected to decades of non-consensual contraception under a state-run campaign that lasted from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.

The move comes after growing public pressure and the conclusion of an official inquiry into the practice, which involved around 4,500 women — nearly half of all women of childbearing age in Greenland at the time — being forcibly fitted with intrauterine devices (IUDs) without their knowledge or consent.

On Wednesday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travelled to Greenland to offer a formal apology during a ceremony in Nuuk, the territory’s capital.

In a message posted on social media after her arrival, Frederiksen called the moment “an important marking" of “a dark chapter in our s

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