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Namibia: Namibian Government Implicated in Involuntary Sterilizations of HIV-Positive Women

18th November 2009
As far back as 2001, women living with HIV/AIDS were being sterilized in Namibian hospitals, without their autonomous consent. Shockingly, these women, whose cases the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS began documenting in 2008, continue to wait for redress.
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SALC in News: Namibia Women Face Forced Sterilization

12th November 2009
Ten years ago, Susan* was admitted to a public hospital in Namibia for an emergency surgery. She was 20 years old and was unaware that she was pregnant. When she woke up from surgery, she was told by a nurse that they had "taken her womb because [she] had HIV." She has no children and now it is unlikely she ever will.
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SALC in the News: Women up in arms against forced sterilisation

23rd October 2009
We have the right to choose.” This was the key message women conveyed when they marching against the alleged sterilisation of HIV-positive women in state hospitals this week. Rosa Namises of Women’s Solidarity Namibia, said the alleged sterilisation of women without their consent is a gross violation of human rights.
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Namibia: Sterilisation case goes to High Court

16th October 2009
WINDHOEK – Six of the 15 cases involving HIV-positive women who were allegedly sterilised without their consent will be heard by the High Court starting next week.
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MISA NAMIBIA ENCOURAGES PUBLIC TO EMBRACE A FREE PRESS

2nd February 2009
The Namibian Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa is once again calling on the public at large to embrace the notion of a free and independent press, in order to be updated on what happens in the country at all times....
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Agenda 75 - The coerced sterilisation of HIV-positive women in Namibia by Priti Patel

26th January 2009
Forced and coerced sterilisation is synonymous with a paternalistic desire to control women’s reproductive capacity. It is a practice that has always targeted the most marginalised people in society.....
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