Examining Gender Equality in Greenland in the Last Thirty Years An Investigation through the Lens of the CEDAW Convention’s Examinations

Abstract

In 2021, The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women examined Denmark’s (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) fulfillment of the rights ensured in The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. This article analyses gender equality in Greenland through investigating documents related to the Committee’s examinations. The reason for focusing on women’s rights in Greenland is the intersectional identity of the majority of Greenlandic women as both female and indigenous (Inuit). The article identifies several issues and explains the status of these issues, including how the Greenlandic government has tried to overcome them. The aim is to create an overview of the official status of women’s rights in Greenland to help further the process of ensuring equality.