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ORGANISATIONS SEEK HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE INTERVENTION REGARDING FORCED AND COERCED STERILISATION IN NAMIBIA

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and four other human rights organisations, concerned with the forced and coerced sterilisation of women living with HIV/AIDS in Namibia, have requested the UN…

Staff Writer13 May 2015

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Submission to the HRC on coerced sterilisation in Namibia

SUBMISSION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REGARDING THE FORCED AND COERCED STERILISATION OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN NAMIBIA: SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THE LIST OF ISSUES…

Staff Writer25 April 2015

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SALC’S submission to the committee on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women regarding the government of Namibia

Introduction In advance of the consideration of Namibia’s fourth and fifth periodic report to the Committee for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Committee), the Southern…

Staff Writer11 December 2014

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Namibia court upholds sterilisation verdict

Aljazeera Supreme court upholds judgment from 2012 that health workers coerced three HIV positive mothers to consent to prodedure. Namibia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that health workers sterilised…

Staff Writer4 December 2014

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NEWS RELEASE: NAMIBIA’S HIGHEST COURT FINDS GOVERNMENT FORCIBLY STERILISED HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN

Windhoek-Today the Namibian Supreme Court affirmed that HIV-positive women have been forcibly sterilised in public hospitals in Namibia. “This decision by the country’s highest court is a victory for all…

Staff Writer3 November 2014

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Namibia: Coerced sterilisation of HIV-positive women

SALC is working with the Namibia Women’s Health Network and the Legal Assistance Centre to challenge the coerced sterilisation of three HIV-positive women at public hospitals in Namibia. In July…

Staff Writer3 November 2014

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Media Advisory: Supreme Court of Namibia to Hear Coerced Sterilization Case

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

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SALC TRAINING WORKSHOP ON DISABILITY RIGHTS STRATEGIC LITIGATION IN NAMIBIA

On 2 and 3 October 2013 SALC hosted a training workshop in Windhoek, Namibia on Disability Rights Strategic Litigation. The workshop was facilitated by Abeda Bhamjee and Caroline James from…

Staff Writer11 October 2013

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Cervical cancer: Women’s lives are worth saving

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

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Are Southern African courts turning the tide on women’s rights?

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

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