Together we fight surviving Peru's campaign of coercive sterilizations Ñusta Carranza Ko

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carranza Ko, Ñusta, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Peru.

Human rights.

Indigenous women--Violence against--Peru.

Indigenous women.

Involuntary sterilization--Peru.

Involuntary sterilization.

Transitional justice--Peru.

Transitional justice.

Women--Political activity--Peru.

Women.

Women--Political activity.

Peru.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oakland University of California Press 2026

Summary:

Disguised as a family planning program during Peru's internal armed conflict, a campaign was launched by the government of Alberto Fujimori that resulted in the forced sterilization of thousands of women of poor, rural, and Indigenous-language-speaking backgrounds. Together We Fight explores Indigenous and non-Indigenous women's brutal experiences of forced sterilizations and their subsequent activism for reproductive rights and justice. Drawing on a va

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Introduction:Racialized Gender-Based Violence in Peru

1. Gender, Class, and Ethnicity: The Politics of Victimhood

2. Indigenous Women and the Genocide: Peru's Coercive Sterilization of Indigenous Women

3. Then, There Were the Children . . .

4. The Other Victims: Victoria Vigo's Story

5. Together We Fight: Role of Activists and Allies in the Fight Against Impunity

Conclusion:Justice, Reproductive Rights, and What Remains

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Other Format:

Print version:

Print version Carranza Ko, Ñusta Together We Fight

ISBN:

0520396650

9780520396654

OCLC:

1573654996

Publisher Number:

CIPO000338921

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license