Forced Sterilisation in Peru During Fujimori Regime

December 10th, 2011

Via: Independent:

According to human rights groups, there may have been as many as 300,000 victims, overwhelmingly women, the majority of them poor and often indigenous, Quechua-speakers with limited Spanish. “They were the weakest and most vulnerable,” says Ms Vigo, whose case remains the only one to have reached the courts in Peru.

Research Credit: anchoviesmegma

One Response to “Forced Sterilisation in Peru During Fujimori Regime”

  1. pessimistic optimist says:

    is 300k alot for a eugenics movement in ’96? im pretty uninformed when it comes to this issue, seems women just tend to notice less than men, cause it seems like it would be more efficient to do mostly men, but then again they would probably notice. defeating the purpose of sneaking about.

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