The Victims of Forced Sterilizations in Peru Continue to Demand Justice
By Adriana Hildenbrand and Miryam Rivera Holguin, Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan In Peru, during the government of Alberto Fujimori, 244,234 women and 20,693 men were irreversibly sterilized as part of national family planning policies (1996-1999). These forced surgical procedures were denounced as violations of human…
