thank you mr sadr for talking to you. in the western indian state of maharashtra female workers their sugarcane cutters find themselves trapped in what is defacto indentured servitude they face pressure from their bosses to get hysterectomy so they won't men straight and won't miss any time away from work every month and to pay for that operation the women borrow money from their bosses raising serious human rights questions. is 34 cutting sugar cane is a struggle for her 8 years ago she had a hysterectomy her uterus was surgically removed to stop her from menstruating now she suffers long term effects osteoporosis and hormonal imbalance female sugar cane cutter stay home from work when they have their periods because there are no toilet facilities in the fields but their bosses want a quick harvest so they routinely pressure these employees including a few of his coworkers to undergo surgery. then walk by barrow when i still had my period i couldn't work for 4 days a month and for every day i stayed home the supervisor f