Between 1995 and 2000, more than 330,000 women and about 30,000 men were forcibly sterilized in Peru. Officials of the Peruvian government, who took this decision with the support of international population control organizations, believed that Quechua-speaking peasants threatened democracy in the region and the world. A Woman’s Womb, is a documentary that reveals the serious consequences of population control policies, which recalls one of the darkest chapters in history and explores the complexity of these policies. A battle that has just begun.
Production Temps Noir, Arte France
France, 52 min. 2009
Between 1995 and 2000, more than 330,000 women and about 30,000 men were forcibly sterilized in Peru. Officials of the Peruvian government, who took this decision with the support of international population control organizations, believed that Quechua-speaking peasants threatened democracy in the region and the world. A Woman’s Womb, is a documentary that reveals the serious consequences of population control policies, which recalls one of the darkest chapters in history and explores the complexity of these policies. A battle that has just begun.