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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 Equality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesNamibiaSubmissions

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 Writer
11 December 2014
Namibia: Coerced sterilisation of HIV-positive women Equality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Completed CasesNamibia

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 Writer
3 November 2014
Are Southern African courts turning the tide on women’s rights? ArticlesBotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesLesothoNamibia

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 Writer
5 November 2012
Southern Africa: Governments failing to address cervical cancer ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesNamibiaSADCZambia

Southern Africa: Governments failing to address cervical cancer

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 Writer
1 November 2012
Health: ‘Minimal government action can prevent cervical cancer deaths in Southern Africa’ ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women ArticlesNamibiaSADCZambia

Health: ‘Minimal government action can prevent cervical cancer deaths in Southern Africa’

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 Writer
1 November 2012