DESPERATE MEASURES (2018)

Women in Venezuela are in an impossible bind, in a country where abortion is forbidden by law and a box of contraceptive pills costs the equivalent of up to 10 months’ salary at the minimum wage, women are forced into difficult decisions. Lacking these birth control options, Venezuelan women often turn to Sterilisation or illegal abortion.

Client: The Intercept

Co-directed, produced, filmed & edited: Daisy Squires & Lou Marillier

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