No Work, No Pay, No Breaks: How Labour Conditions Are Driving Women Towards Hysterectomies in Maharashtra
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In Maharashtra’s sugarcane belt, particularly in districts such as Beed, concern continues to grow over reports linking exploitative labour conditions to a rising number of hysterectomies among women migrant cane cutters. Workers are typically paid on a piece-rate basis, meaning income is directly tied to output, with no earnings for missed work.
In such a system, menstruation, pregnancy, or illness can translate into immediate financial loss, debt, and pressure from contractors to maintain
In such a system, menstruation, pregnancy, or illness can translate into immediate financial loss, debt, and pressure from contractors to maintain
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