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Did anyone else see this in the Guardian?

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Bags Mon 30-Apr-12 20:41:57

Did anyone else see this article in the Guardian? Does anyone else know any more about it? As it stands, it's a shocking story.

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/15/uk-aid-forced-sterilisation-india

Greatnan Mon 30-Apr-12 20:57:08

I did read it and found it believable. Of course the long term solution is to educate the women and girls but as usual the people at the very bottom of the heap are being exploited. It is heart breaking.
And I have heard women in Europe saying feminism is no longer needed. How selfish and short-sighted can anyone get?

jeni Mon 30-Apr-12 21:44:11

I have heard forced sterilisation also takes place in chiana

Butternut Tue 01-May-12 09:58:59

I don't know much about how aid monies are spent in India, but I do lobby the UN for money to provide education for girls and women worldwide. Education for girls has to be the key in changing such practices.

Annobel Tue 01-May-12 10:05:36

And we give aid to a country that has its own space and nuclear programmes?

Bags Tue 01-May-12 10:08:39

We do. Apparently it's about "buying" goodwill. hmm

Butternut Tue 01-May-12 10:13:48

Another expression for 'buying' international goodwill might be .......... 'it's business'.

effblinder Tue 01-May-12 10:17:49

Both women and men are sterilised, it says in the article. Has anyone else read A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry? An excellent book - talks about this issue which is not a recent one.

Butternut Tue 01-May-12 10:22:25

Yes, one of my all time favourite books, eff.

Nonu Tue 01-May-12 14:24:10

No , how terrible

Annobel Tue 01-May-12 14:29:43

Enforced sterilisation is one of the themes of Midnight's Children, so it's far from being new news.

effblinder Tue 01-May-12 15:17:53

smile Butternut

Hankipanki Tue 01-May-12 16:03:33

It is a shoking story and not new.