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Abstract

Esta investigación parte de la necesidad de explicar históricamente el sentido de un evento perturbador de la historia reciente: la campaña de esterilizaciones quirúrgicas como método anticonceptivo, promovida por el gobierno de Fujimori, y su orientación como política de Estado hacia mujeres pobres e indígenas de zonas rurales, a las que se intervino a menudo sin su consentimiento. El estudio también procura entender la reacción de algunas voces que se alzaron desde la prensa, la política, la Iglesia católica y los médicos.

This research is inspired by the need to provide a historical explanation of the meaning of a disturbing event that took place recently: the campaign of forced surgical sterilizations as a birth control method, which was promoted by the government of Fujimori, and its orientation as a government policy targeted on poor and indigenous women in rural areas, who were often operated on without their consent. The study also attempts to understand the reaction of some of the people who made their voices heard through the media, the political sphere, the Catholic church, and the medical community.