Name/TitleBandana: Somos 2074 y muchas más
About this objectRed bandana featuring the words 'ESTERILIZACIONES FORZADAS JUSTICIA Y REPARACIÓN, AHORA!' (= Forced Sterilizations ~ Justice and Reparations Now!) above the image of a uterus, which bears the slogan 'SOMOS 2074 Y MUCHAS MÁS' (= We are 2074 and many more).
Date Madec.2018
Period2010s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, textile
MeasurementsH: 315 x W: 770 mm
Subject and Association Keywordsreproductive rights
Subject and Association KeywordsCampaigns against violence against women
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's healthcare
Subject and Association KeywordsPolitical activism
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://www.mujeresdelsur-afm.org/peru-somos-2074-y-muchas-mas:
Between 1996 and 2001, more than 272,000 women were sterilized against their will as part of the "National Program for Reproductive Health and Family Planning" of the second government of Alberto Fujimori. The Ministry of Health placed quotas and established goals for the staff of health posts and hospitals, with the aim of reaching 100% of women sterilized after childbirth or abortion. Women who came to the health center to give birth or after having suffered a loss were sterilized, most of the time without explaining the procedure and in inadequate conditions for surgical interventions.
This bandana is part of the ongoing campaign to attempt to bring justice to the victims of forced sterilizations.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeAccessory
Object numberGWL-2022-82
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved