Windhoek – On Monday 17 March 2014, the Supreme Court of Namibia will hear arguments in Government of the Republic of Namibia v L.M. and Others, a case challenging the coerced sterilisation of…
Staff Writer14 March 2014
Thought Leader, Mail & Guardian Nyasha Munazvo-Chingore & Priti Patel 13 November 2012 Around the world a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes. This is even worse in…
Staff Writer13 November 2012
City Press By Priti Patel Check out below SALC’s Deputy Director ‘s piece in the City Press this weekend on the current rash of women’s rights cases in southern Africa. Let us know what…
Staff Writer5 November 2012
Plus News JOHANNESBURG, 31 October 2012 (PlusNews) – Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in southern Africa, but new research reveals that governments’ attempts to…
Staff Writer1 November 2012
Afrieqjet Cervical cancer deaths in Southern Africa – Governments in southern Africa must implement comprehensive policies on cervical cancer in order to substantially reduce the number of deaths from cervical…
Staff Writer1 November 2012
Check out SALC’s blog post at the Open Society Foundation‘s blog on the recent judgment in the Namibian coerced sterilisation case. This entry was posted in HIV/AIDS, Namibia, Priti Patel, Uncategorized, Women's rights and tagged coerced sterilisation, HIV/AIDS, Namibia, sexual and reproductive rights.…
Staff Writer15 August 2012
Times Live Three HIV-positive women in Namibia have been coercively sterilised in violation of their basic rights, the High Court in Windhoek found yesterday. The Southern African Litigation Centre said…
Staff Writer1 August 2012
IOL Three HIV positive women in Namibia have been coercively sterilised in violation of their basic rights, the High Court in Windhoek found. Legal activists have hailed the “landmark” judgment…
Staff Writer31 July 2012
Aljazeera Court says Namibia illegally sterilised women Judge rules state coerced three HIV-positive women into operation by forcing them to sign forms they did not understand. Namibia’s government sterilised three…
Staff Writer31 July 2012