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High Court finds Namibia coercively sterilised HIV positive women Equality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesNamibia

High Court finds Namibia coercively sterilised HIV positive women

HIGH COURT FINDS NAMIBIA COERCIVELY STERILISED HIV POSITIVE WOMEN Johannesburg– In a landmark judgment, the High Court in Windhoek found today that the Namibian government had coercively sterilised three HIV-positive…
Staff Writer
30 July 2012
HIV-positive women sterilised against their will ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesNamibiaSouth Africa

HIV-positive women sterilised against their will

By City Press International law recognises the widespread and forced use of this practice as a crime against humanity Anna-Maria Lombard At least 12 South African women, sterilised against their…
Staff Writer
7 June 2010
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Government implicated in involuntary sterilizations of HIV-positive women

Reality Check 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…
Staff Writer
18 November 2009