In Maharashtra, women working in sugar cane fields are reportedly coerced into having hysterectomies to alleviate menstrual pain, thereby enabling them to work longer hours. Due to a combination of low wages, poverty, and fear of punishment for missed work days, many women feel that surgery is their only option. Activists reveal alarming statistics, such as a hysterectomy rate of 36% in some areas compared to the national average of 3%. Despite some official investigations and promises of reform, little has changed, leaving many women vulnerable to exploitation and forced surgeries.
"Despite promises of reform, activists say women in Maharashtra's sugar cane fields are being pushed to undergo hysterectomies to work longer hours without period pain."
"Women are told that surgery releases them from monthly pains, allowing them to work longer hours, but this is just a facade for their exploitation."
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