Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.
Loading sugar cane to transport it to mills in the Satara district of India’s Maharashtra State in March last year. Laborers often work in couples, paid through contractors.
A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls of the city with testimony from the trial of the 51 men who were convicted in the Gisèle Pelicot rape case.
The walls of Avignon, France, draped with a banner in French meaning “Rape is rape.” The Pelicot trial was occurring in the modern courthouse just across the road.
Readers respond to an essay by Daniela J. Lamas. Also: Andy Griffith’s Mayberry today; Donald Trump’s loyalty test; never an exile; choosing charities.
An online campaign has prompted major pad manufacturers to apologize. Regulators said they would consider women’s criticisms when writing new standards.
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