An investigation by The New York Times and the Fuller Project has exposed a brutal system of labor in Maharashtra, India, involving the exploitation of children, the encouragement of child marriages, and the pushing of women into getting unnecessary hysterectomies to keep them working in the sugar cane fields. This system, which keeps families in debt, has been linked to major soft-drink manufacturers like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, which are said to profit from the sugar produced in this region. Reports highlight the plight of young girls, some as young as 14, being married off to laborers and coerced into labor to pay off debts, effectively enslaving them.
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"She was married off to a sugar cane laborer in western India at about 14 — 'too young ... to have any idea what marriage was.' Debt to her employer keeps her in the fields." Like coal miners in US a century ago ("You load 16 tons, what do you get? ...") https://t.co/666jSwaUvK
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#Coke, #Pepsi using child labour in Maharashtra, forcing hysterectomies and child marriages: Report https://t.co/dyTLheZ59Y https://t.co/7ox7YKuZCj
Coke & Pepsi profit from sugar in western India where "young girls are pushed into illegal child marriages so they can work alongside their husbands cutting & gathering sugar cane." Many are pushed to have needless hysterectomies to "keep them working." https://t.co/TAIQrqTHou
An investigation by the Times and @FullerProject found a brutal system of labor in the Indian state of Maharashtra that exploits children, encourages child marriage, keeps families in debt and pushes women to get unnecessary hysterectomies. https://t.co/8VIfSEduaH
The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies via @NYTimes https://t.co/oY8YyGrn3J
The Indian state of Maharashtra is a sugar-producing powerhouse. But a Times and @FullerProject investigation found that soft-drink makers help finance a brutal system of labor that exploits children and leads to the sterilization of working-age women. https://t.co/tA4H7rU0DV https://t.co/f8c0ALt9wu
The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies. @CocaCola @PepsiCo Via @nytimes @meghara @Qadri_Inzamam https://t.co/2rpJ3kuvdw
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Women who cut sugar cane in the Indian state of Maharashtra are getting unnecessary hysterectomies, often as a way to keep working, undistracted by periods, pregnancies or gynecological checkups. https://t.co/SbJLZ2ibE2