libia pinares says the sterilizations were carried out systematically on the orders of the peruvian governmentlibia: it was a directive from the health ministry. so hospitals like us were required to carry out the procedures. reporter: the directive, applied here in cusco and in many other towns with a majority indigenous population. libia tells us it was a campaign directed against the indigenous quechuas. libia: we had to fulfil a monthly quota. otherwisise we'd have been fir. it was so extrtreme that nurss were even getting themselves sterilized to meet the quota. reporter: who gave the orders, we ask. libia: the health ministry in lima. it came from the government of president fujimori. reporter: throughout the 199990, peru was governed by alberto fujimori, who was later jailed for human rights abuses. his family planning program was officially aimed at fighting poverty. but not only were most of the sterilizations carried out without the women's consent, the program was also deeply racist, targeting only the indigenous minority. now protests are growing. more and more people say it's time