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
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
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
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
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
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