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The forced sterilisation of Indigenous and racialised Peoples: origins, nature of abuses, impacts and responses.

Rowlands, S., Heaslip, V., Felske-Durksen, C., Carranza Ko, Ñ., Albert, G., Rich, R., Black, K. A. and Szilvási, M., 2024. The forced sterilisation of Indigenous and racialised Peoples: origins, nature of abuses, impacts and responses. International Perspectives on Health Equity. (In Press)

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DOI: 10.1108/IPHEE-01-2024-0003

Abstract

Purpose. To draw attention to the global infringement of reproductive rights of Indigenous and racialised Peoples. Approach. Narrative literature review. Description and comparative analysis of examples of forced sterilisation. Findings. Large-scale sterilisation campaigns were identified in three different regions of the world: North America, Latin America and Europe. Within these, hundreds of thousands of Indigenous and racialised Peoples have been forcibly sterilised as part of state-sponsored procedures, predominantly aimed at women and gestating people. These abuses are continuing in the 21st century and have origins in ‘racial science’ theory. The exact nature of the abuses are identified alongside the long-term health and wellbeing implications. Professional attitudes and behaviours that condoned such practices within healthcare settings are identified. The psychological, social and cultural impact of such practices, including on Indigenous body sovereignty and self-determination, are demonstrated. Originality. The analysis brings together scholarship from Indigenous studies alongside that of health and social sciences. Practical implications. These are twofold: firstly to eradicate any future practice of forced sterilisation and secondly to provide reparations to those affected.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Colonial; Fertility; Forced; Genocide; Indigenous Peoples; Impacts; Prevention; “Racial science”; Racialised; Romani Peoples; Reproductive rights; Sterilisation
Group:Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
ID Code:40433
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:01 Nov 2024 15:29
Last Modified:09 Dec 2024 10:12

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