A declaration to promote the rights of Inuit women and girls will be presented today to Naalakkersuisut and Inatsisartut. The ICC is behind the declaration, which was drafted at the Inuit Women's Summit in October 2025 in Sisimiut:
- On Women's Day, we are publishing the many strong and important messages from the Inuit Women's Summit Declaration, says ICC Chairwoman Sara Olsvig in a press release and continues:
- We hope that the declaration will be used as a tool to promote the rights of Inuit women and girls.
Will promote recognition of rights
Sara Olsvig emphasizes that the Inuit Women’s Summit participants pointed to initiatives to promote the understanding and recognition of women’s and girls’ rights, and not least women’s strengths and crucial roles in our society.
- We look forward to welcoming Arnat Ulluat and to officially handing over the messages to Naalakkersuisut and Inatsisartut, says Sara Olsvig.
Naalakkersuisoq Naaja H. Nathanielsen (IA) will receive the declaration in Katuaq together with Pipaluk Olsen (D), who chairs Inatsisartut’s Family and Health Committee.
Nathanielsen: Inuit women have borne a great burden
Naaja H. Nathanielsen states that Inuit women have borne a great part of the colonial burden, and this has left both physical and psychological traces:
- Our task is to take the burden from those affected and place the responsibility where it belongs — with those who, over time and in various ways, have deprived women of their freedom of choice and their security.
- The work that lies ahead of us becomes significantly easier when we stand together and support each other, says Nathanielsen.
She further says that she will take a stand for the care work and the culturally-bearing skills that women bring to society:
- Providing care is not a problem. Being a present mother is not a problem. Working to ensure that there is well-being in one's family or one's community is not a problem. But it is a problem that the responsibility is primarily borne by women, says Naaja H. Nathanielsen.
