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  • čas přidán 6. 12. 2022
  • Greenland has been rocked by a scandal revealing a Danish campaign to curb its growing Inuit population from the mid 1960s to late 1970s.
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    Now being officially investigated, about 4,500 women had an intrauterine device, commonly known as coil, inserted - often against their will. BBC 100 Women goes to the heart of the scandal, meeting women who’ve begun piecing together reasons behind physical and mental trauma that they’d endured for decades in silence.
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    Greenland’s lost generation was directed, produced & reported by Elaine Jung
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Komentáře • 112

  • @BBCWorldService
    @BBCWorldService  Před rokem +5

    👋🏽Hi! We hope you enjoyed this documentary. Is there any moment, quote or thought that will stay with you? If so, please share it in the comments, we would love to read it! BBC 100 Women is a team with a mission to address the under-representation of women in media. We are constantly looking for powerful and moving stories about women and girls around the world. If you want to help us in this exciting project please share your ideas in the comments. Thank you for watching! And if you enjoyed it, don’t forget to subscribe to the channel here 👉🏽 bbc.in/3VyyriM

  • @PositiveWomenTV
    @PositiveWomenTV Před rokem +58

    My heart breaks for these women.

  • @lestupidunicorn
    @lestupidunicorn Před rokem +39

    "I felt like my body was colonised" hits so hard

  • @ivanadahl5758
    @ivanadahl5758 Před rokem +23

    My grandma had one too.
    Her 4 friends had it too
    They all died from infection
    Luckily she was able to get it removed bc it was also infected but in time.
    She has 7 kids

  • @juresichj
    @juresichj Před rokem +70

    Why is it that people of European descent, who colonized so much of the world, thought it was ok to commit genocide against the original inhabitants of the land? It happened all over North America, Australia, India, so many places. Almost all the people who did this would have considered themselves "good Christians", and yet, they committed the most unChrist-like atrocities against their fellow humans. The physical and emotional pain these women endured deserves a reckoning.

    • @pluton247888
      @pluton247888 Před rokem +16

      You forgot to mention Africa and the Caribbean

    • @juresichj
      @juresichj Před rokem +13

      @@pluton247888 I tried to cover the places I missed with "so many places". Really hard to list most of the countries in the world in a CZcams comment.

    • @mikhailc6445
      @mikhailc6445 Před 9 měsíci

      I ask myself the same question, this might seem a bit racist but it might be because white ppl have most neanderthal DNA compared to other races. This is why I think they are more genocidal etc.

    • @TYT695
      @TYT695 Před 9 měsíci +5

      Including the Palestinian problem.. partially as a result of British intervention..

    • @drugsdelaney2907
      @drugsdelaney2907 Před 7 měsíci

      If you think of the planet as a person and all the people in it the organisms that comprise the body, there is a clear cancer. The ones who wish to consume everything that is and everything that will be.

  • @jonawesolowski-thecommunit9968

    This is positively inhumane! Thank you for speaking out. Denmark, you have some explaining to do
    #denmark

    • @evechurchill424
      @evechurchill424 Před rokem

      As usual there will be public inquiries, investigations and outcries, it is a show, no one would be held to account. Malfeasance and criminalities in high office is rampant across the west, why? It is extremely profitable with zero punishment. Worst case if found out, politicians / bureaucrats simply say sorry and retire with "book deals" and start working for some mega corporations.

    • @galinaiankova7619
      @galinaiankova7619 Před rokem

      “Denmark, you have some explaining to do.” #denmark

    • @jonasrosendalandersen711
      @jonasrosendalandersen711 Před rokem +1

      it has already been taken care of a couple of years ago i think it was 2021 or 2020. They got a real apology from the danish prime minister and a compensation

    • @arturintete2461
      @arturintete2461 Před 9 měsíci

      @@jonasrosendalandersen711an apology isn’t enough. Please GTFO with your performative decolonization.

  • @ladyscarlette6289
    @ladyscarlette6289 Před rokem +16

    Oh my freaking gosh. This is so enraging and heartbreaking.

  • @ekesa07632
    @ekesa07632 Před rokem +24

    Bravo to all of these women! May they find justice !

  • @bethferris3008
    @bethferris3008 Před rokem +17

    WTF! What gives the right for any country to do that to any woman. It's disgusting, someone needs to be prosecuted for this.

  • @IngeBisgaard
    @IngeBisgaard Před rokem +24

    Tak for en flot dokumentation af fortidens traumatiserende fortielser her i landet. Tak til Naja for hendes mod og store engagement i at udbrede det vigtige budskab at hjælpe os videre i livet trods det meget alvorlige indgreb og overgreb.

    • @janjohansen9361
      @janjohansen9361 Před rokem

      Jeg som Dansker, jo mere jeg finder ud af hvad mit hjemland har gjort mod Grønland/Grønlændere, desto mere forfærdes jeg og skammer mig. En ægte undskyldning er kun på plads, og alt andet som følger med. Begår man overgreb så må man tage konsekvenserne. Jeg som Dansker er på ingen måde for stor til at sige undskyld og jeg beklager virkelig alt det som mit land har begået :-(

  • @ammonite400
    @ammonite400 Před rokem +8

    I cannot possibly imagine the pain of these women. I look forward to the day I can have kids every moment of my life. To have that stolen from you is indescribable. God bless you Naja ❤️

  • @angelaholic7679
    @angelaholic7679 Před rokem +37

    that is genocide!

    • @richlisola1
      @richlisola1 Před 11 měsíci

      👏 Thanks for reciting what was already explicitly said, multiple times, over many years. 👏

  • @paintingtracey
    @paintingtracey Před rokem +7

    Wow, great reporting. Getting out of the way to let the women tell their stories. What brave women!

  • @annharlan8926
    @annharlan8926 Před rokem +8

    From USA, I am so sorry this happened to you as girls. It is a tragedy and a crime. I am glad you find strength in finding the truth and being together. My tears are for you and the life you could never have because some terrible people made a very bad decision to control you when you and your families didn't even know they were plotting against you.

  • @TheCrazyCoffeeLady
    @TheCrazyCoffeeLady Před rokem +7

    No words. Just heartbreaking. Unbelievable that this could happen. How courageous to speak up. The investigation must provide the truth and answers to the questions these women have 💔🥺

  • @nieleoya8519
    @nieleoya8519 Před rokem +6

    The problem is with women that we suffer in silence. SPEAK UP LADIES!
    Then you realize that you're not alone. The power is in the masses.

  • @OptimusPrimordial
    @OptimusPrimordial Před rokem +15

    This is a war crime 😳 Monstrous

  • @friendoftellus5741
    @friendoftellus5741 Před rokem +4

    These women should receive compensation from the danish government for the horrible crimes they committed against them !!!!

  • @pinkisohal3090
    @pinkisohal3090 Před rokem +14

    It's against humanity,i really feel so bad for all these women

    • @evechurchill424
      @evechurchill424 Před rokem

      Imagine if this is China or Russia, the western medias will be all over it 24/7/365

  • @rationalhindu
    @rationalhindu Před rokem +5

    They destroyed the life of these women 😭😖. Horrific crime by those doctors and teachers.

  • @jamalex
    @jamalex Před rokem +5

    That’s horrible 😢 - My heart goes out to the woman and families.

  • @philipbuggejohnsen7932
    @philipbuggejohnsen7932 Před rokem +20

    Colonialization in Danish colonies, is where Danes see themselves as role models, better than the colonized with a perceived inferior culture.
    People who are convicted by Danish courts in the colonies, they are often deported to Denmark to serve their sentences, convicted deported people lose contact with their parents, their sweetheart and friends and they serve out the Danish court's sentence in a foreign culture where they have to assimilate.
    It results in trauma.
    The detained deportees often don’t feel at home anywhere afterwards.
    Being seen as inferior, punished more than Danes, being seen as primitive and therefore not worthy of equal treatment sets in as traumas, inherited traumas that pass from generation to generation.
    Yours sincerely
    Philip B. Johnson

    • @deirdrekeough2707
      @deirdrekeough2707 Před rokem

      The racism that is the foundation of colonialism. A a tragedy for the colonised and oppressed people.

    • @SpaceVisiteur
      @SpaceVisiteur Před rokem +5

      Monstruous!

    • @PhilipZeplinDK
      @PhilipZeplinDK Před rokem +1

      What kind of ludicrous bullshit is that to write?
      Yes, prisoners will often serve time in prisons located in Denmark - because that's where the prisons are. The Danish Kingdom in general has issues with not having enough room for prisoners, so naturally they tend to be sent to the prisons that have room which may be further away. These are not super far away - it's a 1-2 hour flight between the countries ("The Colonies" LOL), and is usually a result of lack of local capability.
      If you're getting sent to prison, it's also not a light sentence. It means you've done some pretty fucked up shit, especially if its for several years. Then we're talking rape, murder, violent assault, mass fraud, those kinds of things. So I don't have a shitton of sympathy.
      When Denmark originally colonized Greenland, it was a country where widows were walked out onto the ice to go die - because who needs a single used woman, right? Man, yeah, I see how Denmark was just absolute barbarians compared to them at that point, totally.
      To this day, they have massive problems with child abuse, physical as well as sexual, incest, youth suicide, alcoholism and drug abuse, and in no way have a self-sustaining economy.
      Each year, for many decades, Denmark sends roughly 12,000USD to Greenland for each of their citizens. That's on top of all other services we provide for free, such as access to free healthcare, free education, democracy (including representation in the Danish parliament). We've sent doctors, teachers, built up infrastructure, airports, docks.
      Not to mention that they are freely allowed to vote themselves out at any point, and have had that ability, again, for many decades (but they always choose not to).
      "Being seen as inferior, punished more than Danes, being seen as primitive and therefore not worthy of equal treatment sets in as traumas, inherited traumas that pass from generation to generation."
      What the actual fuck kind of horseshit is that? In what toilet trash can did you stick your hand into, to pull out such a ridicules statement?
      Sincerely,
      Who The Fuck Signs Their CZcams Comments

  • @ajul21520
    @ajul21520 Před rokem +9

    I feel so sorry for these women.😢😢😢💔

  • @PhotoZoomDK
    @PhotoZoomDK Před rokem +16

    My father’s sister is a strong woman ❤❤

  • @gloriamitchell3518
    @gloriamitchell3518 Před rokem +5

    Inhuman practices must end, but when.

  • @Vampybattie
    @Vampybattie Před rokem +6

    Shouldn’t this be considered genocide

  • @tarusina
    @tarusina Před 9 měsíci +1

    This is heartbreaking!

  • @babs2424-p8e
    @babs2424-p8e Před rokem +1

    Those woman where children, when this happened to them! I am about their age, i have two daughters and four grandchildren, the most precious in my life. They've destroyed the life of so many woman, they erased so many generations. I doubt that the ones who did this, was ever taken to responsibility for this crime against humanity and human rights.

  • @MrAnu8is
    @MrAnu8is Před rokem +3

    Straight up eugenics.... 😣

  • @ashiqhussain6956
    @ashiqhussain6956 Před měsícem

    Its a crime against humanity 😢

  • @puppetguy8726
    @puppetguy8726 Před rokem +3

    Leaving a comment so this gets suggested to more people.

  • @susanschaffner4422
    @susanschaffner4422 Před rokem +3

    Such an odd unknown story. The question is why were these young girls subjected to such an invasion of personal privacy.

    • @fritnat
      @fritnat Před rokem

      The reason was to bring the birthrate down faced with a massive population explosion the result of modern health care and welfare being provided when Greenland became an equal part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Prior to this time maternal and infant mortality were very high putting a natural limitation on population growth. Native artic peoples like the Greenlanders traditionally practiced both infanticide and senicide, the latter being better known. An exploding population in Greenland would have drained the Danish treasury when large sums were already being invested in modernisation and an enlarged population was not viable with the limited resources in the artic region.
      Note that "the invasion of personal privacy" when it comes to boys is to this day condoned worldwide supported by cultural attitudes spread not least by the BBC! Since this basic violation of human rights - the right to one's own body as here, is a violation globally condoned, no one is free to point the finger at others.

  • @babs2424-p8e
    @babs2424-p8e Před rokem +1

    No wonder, the suicide rate is so high there. So many broken people, so much destroyed life.

  • @tasbykekerey1203
    @tasbykekerey1203 Před rokem +1

    🇬🇱❤️🇰🇿 Very much like what happened in Central Asia. Ethnic cleansing, genocide, famine, virus, financial crisis, orphans…They tried everything and we are still standing up headed! 💪🏼 Justice for ever minorities in the world!

  • @bwghall1
    @bwghall1 Před rokem +5

    We used to trust Doctors. USED TOO!!!.

  • @shirleylangton7967
    @shirleylangton7967 Před rokem +2

    I am so sorry that you ladies were forced into this procedure. The IUD was a new form of birth control during this time. I had it myself, but my body rejected it. Only today, watching this, do I wonder if it was the reason for multiple miscarriages, problems with my periods, and the eventual necessity for a hysterectomy due to cervical cancer?
    Thank You so much for your stories!

    • @pluton247888
      @pluton247888 Před rokem +4

      But there was no consent in their case. Let’s not justify the actions of the Danish doctors . Some were as young as 12.

  • @veekay9900
    @veekay9900 Před rokem +2

    so sorry.

  • @najanielsen2832
    @najanielsen2832 Před rokem +2

    Min søster fortæller mig at jeg også fik spiral, jeg har sagt til hende at hun skal trække den ud da den har snor har jeg sagt, også sagde hun at jeg havde store smerter. Den erindring husker jeg ikke, måske har jeg blokeret den grimme episode. Uhyggeligt at tænke på det nu. Jeg kan stadigvæk ikke huske det.

  • @user-of5sv9wn8x
    @user-of5sv9wn8x Před 3 měsíci

    Incredible

  • @Vampybattie
    @Vampybattie Před rokem +4

    europoid at it again

  • @babs2424-p8e
    @babs2424-p8e Před rokem +1

    They more i learn about the world, the more i am speechless and shoked. Is there one place in this world without cruelty against humans. Doing this to a 13 old girl, what type of a "human being" must this be? And they call themselves "christians"....

    • @nikiyoussef55
      @nikiyoussef55 Před 2 měsíci

      satan and hes minions run this planet

  • @Nuuksgirl
    @Nuuksgirl Před rokem

    My heart goes out to these women and I will pray for them.

  • @surrealist1976
    @surrealist1976 Před rokem +1

    There is also a lost group of women who was gifted a felline birth control, which caused that they could not get pregnant ever again, EVER! and no one is talking about those poor women...

  • @tariqkhader6196
    @tariqkhader6196 Před rokem +1

    This makes me ashamed to be descended from the Anglo Saxons who hailed from Jutland

  • @fritnat
    @fritnat Před rokem +1

    This kind of violation of children is still happening only to boys and on a far greater scale. Alone in Kenya 10,000s of boys have experienced being taken from school to foreign doctors who, as in the case of the girls in Greenland, have their geni.. deliberately injured robbing them of their full potential, only in their case permanently. A whole third of the world's men have had this ritual performed on them without their consent and every single government in the world condones it. Chances are that most commentators here have supported this through their taxes and the BBC supports the propaganda perpetuating it.
    Naja said "we have a right to our bodies" but why only girls and not boys too? Her classmate's father said "you should never violate children that way", he's right but sadly no state lives up to its basic duty to protect all of its most vulnerable citizens from having the most intimate parts of their bodies violated.
    Naja ends by saying "...they should never cross our boundaries that the heart should play a role in political decisions". Only a couple of years ago the Prime minister, Mette Frederiksen shattered this hope when she, together with the other leaders of the present government, rejected a people's petition to extend the legal protection girls enjoy to all children. Mette Frederiksen is now in Greenland meeting Naja and many of the other women and has accepted that they are victims of a past crime all the while she presides over a government turning her back on the present day crime in the same category.

  • @buffel60
    @buffel60 Před rokem

    I've made a contribution over that matter for a french revue...

  • @dawninilwin5863
    @dawninilwin5863 Před rokem

    Praying for Greenlandic women

  • @Mark-ej4uf
    @Mark-ej4uf Před 8 měsíci

    The Danish Royal Court is making affairs with the Calabrian Ndrangheta.

  • @nielskristianmller93
    @nielskristianmller93 Před 4 měsíci

    😢

  • @Dickyboi99
    @Dickyboi99 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Denmarkki Pisuulluni, Qanorli Qallunaat Toqullungit

  • @najapetersen7699
    @najapetersen7699 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Uangalu pinngitalisallunga nartunaversaserneqanikuvunga 1984 qasinngiannguani

  • @meryemgaia4067
    @meryemgaia4067 Před rokem +1

    ❤️

  • @muhucao258
    @muhucao258 Před rokem

    OMG, two colonial countries bite each other, just like two dogs bite each other

  • @katherinespencer2073
    @katherinespencer2073 Před rokem +1

    There had to be other ways to control such unimaginably large families as an average of 7 where people were relying so much on outside funds for housing etc. I see such behaviors in Nunavut Canada...people not married, employed or even educated to be relevant in today's world having babies. Then complaining non stop tht their mostly all social housing is too small, too crowded. But no one has self control to ensure that they are capable of raising their own children from their own abilities to give the best of everything now considered normal to their kids. These terrible decisions & choices of irresponsibility should not however allow people's bodies to be invaded without consent unless both men & women are equally held responsible. So, how many men were sterilized at the same time? WHEN will men be held responsible for all sperm they spill? Why do women always have to carry the burden of societies needs and standards?

  • @williamfox1146
    @williamfox1146 Před rokem +2

    I am totally in favor of global warming. I hate the long, cold winters where I live in Vail, Colorado. So a year ago I began focusing on raising my carbon footprint. Thus far I have been able to raise the average daily temperature in Colorado by 4 degrees. I will continue increasing my carbon footprint until I am able to grow palm trees on my 5 acre property. Freedom!

    • @shirleylangton7967
      @shirleylangton7967 Před rokem +1

      I don't think you have really thought about the outcome of a 4-degree rise in temperature to your health, ability to grow food, and other outcomes of a 4-degree rise in temperature to your environment.

  • @Blaise122
    @Blaise122 Před rokem +1