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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Noopur Jambhekar

Wombs of Debt | The dark human cost behind the world’s sugar industry

In India’s sugarcane fields, missing a single day of work can trap an entire family in inescapable debt. For thousands of women, keeping pace with the harvest has come at a devastating physical cost: their wombs.

In Wombs of Debt, producer and director Noopur Jambheker and producer Mohammad Dawood travel to Maharashtra’s Beed district to uncover the harrowing human cost behind a global cash crop. To eliminate menstrual cycles, avoid pregnancy, and guarantee they never miss a day in the field, thousands of young women undergo surgical hysterectomies.

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