Indian doctors are removing the wombs of cane-cutters to increase their productivity

This is a horror story from India about the intersection of poverty, sexism, exploitation, gender norms, and medical ethics. Investigative reporting in BehanBox, a feminist website based in India, describes the appalling conditions in which women work as cane-cutters in the state of Maharashtra. The report focuses on women’s menstrual hygiene. Because of recurrent infections and pain, 17% of women cane-cutters in the district of Beed have had hysterectomies. A report by the Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management published in 2020 described the inhumane conditions in which the women work:-- More...