Peru women fight for justice over forced sterilisation
Mattia Cabitza – BBC News – Friday, 09 December 2011 (originally published 06 Dec)
Aurelia Paccohuanca: "I was afraid and nervous" Image: BBC News
Peru’s government has reopened an investigation into a controversial birth control programme of sterilisation. The announcement has brought fresh hope to the many women and men who feel their rights were violated.
“You give birth like pigs or hamsters!”
Aurelia Paccohuanca remembers those words uttered by nurses when she opposed what was being presented as a solution to Peru’s extreme poverty . . .
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