The silenced genocide

Why the Danish intrauterine device (IUD) enforcement in Kalaallit Nunaat calls for an intersectional decolonial analysis

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/kkf.v36i2.137309

Keywords:

Kalaallit Nunaat, Danish colonialism, reproductive coercion, Intersectionality, Decolonizing research, Colonial relations, Indigenous people, Genocide

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2023-11-22

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Graugaard, N. D., & Ambrosius Høgfeldt, A. (2023). The silenced genocide : Why the Danish intrauterine device (IUD) enforcement in Kalaallit Nunaat calls for an intersectional decolonial analysis. Women, Gender & Research, 36(2), 162–167. https://doi.org/10.7146/kkf.v36i2.137309