{"product_id":"together-we-fight-surviving-perus-campaign-of-coercive-sterilizations-hardcover","title":"Together We Fight: Surviving Peru's Campaign of Coercive Sterilizations - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eÑusta Carranza Ko\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring Peru's internal armed conflict, the government of Alberto Fujimori launched a campaign-disguised as a family planning program-that resulted in the forced sterilization of thousands of women of poor, rural, and Indigenous-language-speaking backgrounds. \u003ci\u003eTogether We Fight\u003c\/i\u003e explores Indigenous and non-Indigenous women's brutal experiences of forced sterilization and their subsequent activism for reproductive rights and justice. Ñusta Carranza Ko draws on a vast trove of first-person testimony to amplify the neglected voices of victim-survivors, unpacking their ideas of justice and examining the work of allies that have accompanied them in their activism. Focusing on these women's stories and struggles, she argues that the campaign was genocidal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"?usta Carranza Ko offers a harrowing account of systemic obstetric violence in Peru, which she doesn't flinch from analyzing as genocide. Her work is also about the bonds built through resistance, activism, and the pursuit of justice. \u003ci\u003eTogether We Fight\u003c\/i\u003e comes together as a work of brave, persistent, and probing human rights scholarship.\"--Ronald Niezen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Indigenism: Human Rights and the Politics of Identity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Over 250,000 mainly Indigenous women were affected by the shocking campaign of forced sterilization in Peru in the second half of the 1990s. In her passionate ethnography, Carranza Ko focuses on the victims to present a compelling story of survival and agency.\"--A. Dirk Moses, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carranza Ko intricately weaves together the connections between public policies and biopolitical control, as well as the forms of resistance enacted by women often treated as a 'sacrificial population.' This book not only exposes the process of forced sterilizations but also examines the experiences of the victims and their strategies for achieving transitional justice.\"--Roc?o Silva-Santisteban, author of \u003ci\u003eWomen and Ecoterritorial Conflicts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÑusta Carranza Ko\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45539204169830,"sku":"9780520396630","price":184.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/9iABq6DZ8j9780520396630.webp?v=1776858421","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/together-we-fight-surviving-perus-campaign-of-coercive-sterilizations-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}