Maharashtra sugarcane workers resort to hysterectomies to keep jobs, pay debts

Women sugarcane workers in Maharashtra, India, are undergoing hysterectomies to avoid missing work and losing daily wages, driven by debt and long-distance migration for employment. The report, sourced from The Independent, highlights a vicious cycle of debt and labor exploitation, though the prevalence and direct causality remain partially corroborated. This underscores severe labor rights and healthcare access failures in India's agricultural sector.

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