The women tricked into being sterilised

[Judi Lynn]

(This is 3 minutes long, and well worth the time.)

The women tricked into being sterilised

Josefina Quispe is one of hundreds of thousands of indigenous Peruvian woman who say they were forcibly sterilised by the state.

In April 2018 the state prosecutor ordered the indictment of former president Alberto Fujimori over the scandal, but he has not yet been indicted or charged.

Josefina told BBC World Service what happened to her and how she will never give up the fight for justice.

Video produced by Grace Livingstone and Trystan Young.

(Photo: Josefina Quispe. Credit: BBC)

Release date: 9 July 2018

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06d7pzj

[bobbieinok]

1. Forced sterilization of black women in MS--was called a 'MS appendectomy'

The doctor told the woman she needed an appendectomy. She only learned she had been sterilized much later.

IIRC, it was Fannie Lou Hammer (sp?) who brought this practice to national attention in the 60s.