Pronatalism continues to intrigue the media
The notion of pronatalism – encouraging, not discouraging, population growth– hasn’t had a good press in recent decades, especially with fears of over-population and global...
Peru’s forced sterilization tragedy drags on in the courts
For at least 25 years, indigenous Peruvian women have been fighting for justice after they were forcibly sterilized by doctors working for the government of...
Denmark to investigate shameful campaign of population control in Greenland in the 60s and 70s
Between 1966 and 1975 Danish doctors implanted intrauterine devices (IUSs) in half of the indigenous women in Greenland to promote health and to stop the...
With fewer babies and more elderly, Iran pulls out the stops to promote births
Iran’s new "Law on Family and Youth Support" is a clear example of how different perspectives colour news coverage. Iran’s theocratic, authoritarian and anti-Israel regime...
Forcibly sterilized during Fujimori dictatorship, thousands of Peruvian women demand justice
The regime of Alberto Fujimori sterilized 272,028 people between 1996 and 2001, the majority of them Indigenous women The regime of Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori...
Peru continues to debate legacy of forced sterilizations
"A nurse put me on a stretcher and tied my hands and feet," said Sabina Huillca. "I asked them to bring me my little baby girl...
Lessons from Peru
I just stumbled across a documentary which was recently released in Peru, Cicatrices del engaño (Scars of Deception), about the 300,000 women and 22,000 men...