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Malawi: Human rights during a lockdown ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Police AbuseCriminal Justice Police Abuse ArticlesCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawi

Malawi: Human rights during a lockdown

The Weekend Nation 25 April 2020 Victor Mhango from the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and Anneke Meerkotter and Chikondi Chijozi from the Southern Africa Litigation…
Chikondi Chijozi
28 April 2020
It’s World Mental Health Day: Why aren’t we reforming abusive and discriminatory laws? ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

It’s World Mental Health Day: Why aren’t we reforming abusive and discriminatory laws?

By: Annabel Raw In Zambia, as in many countries in the southern Africa region, archaic, colonially-inherited laws are applied to oppress, isolate and abuse persons with psychosocial disabilities and mental…
Annabel Raw
10 October 2018
African lawyers and journalists sensitised on HIV and TB criminalisation ArticlesBotswanaCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsMalawiSADCZambia

African lawyers and journalists sensitised on HIV and TB criminalisation

Seychelles Nation 02 March 2018 The final of three training sessions for African lawyers on human rights based strategic litigation, legal defence and advocacy on HIV and tuberculosis (TB) justice…
Staff Writer
2 March 2018
Health or human rights? False dichotomy could fuel a resurgence in forced HIV testing ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsZambia

Health or human rights? False dichotomy could fuel a resurgence in forced HIV testing

Annabel Raw and Michaela Clayton The Mail and Guardian Zambia is the second country this year to propose introducing forced HIV testing and treatment in the name of “public health”.…
Staff Writer
23 August 2017
Sex workers, ARVs and the irrationality of excluding foreigners ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights News

Sex workers, ARVs and the irrationality of excluding foreigners

In recent weeks, the Government of Botswana has announced plans to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy to all sex workers regardless of their CD4 counts. The commendable aim of the initiative, as described by the…
Annabel Raw
26 May 2015