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Denmark reached a deal to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland for forcible contraception practices implemented by health authorities between 1960 and 1991.Mette Frederiksen publicly apologized for these historical events in August, with Sophie Lohde describing the cases as a "dark chapter" in their shared history, while Jens-Frederik Nielsen offered an apology for the period after Greenland assumed healthcare responsibility.An estimated 4,500 eligible women will receive individual payouts of $46,000 (300,000 Danish kroner) starting next April, with applications accepted through June 2028.
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