Business Day By Nicole Fritz HUMAN rights. Economic growth. Big, bold concepts too often portrayed as inevitably in tension. Yet, economic growth is facilitated by civic rights such as the…
Staff Writer7 April 2011
Plus News JOHANNESBURG, 30 August 2010 (PlusNews) – Veronica* did not realize she had been sterilized while giving birth to her daughter until four years later when, after failing to…
Staff Writer30 October 2010
The Times Live "I was in labour at the state hospital when a nurse showed me a paper and said I must sign to allow a Caesarean section," she told…
Staff Writer9 September 2010
The Mail&Guardian When an HIV-positive woman in labour arrived at a Namibian state hospital in October 2007, she did not know that the health workers responsible for delivering her baby…
Staff Writer9 September 2010
The case of three HIV-positive women suing the Namibian government for coerced sterilisation was continued until 1 September 2010. The High Court in Windhoek began hearing the case of three…
Staff Writer31 July 2010
By City Press International law recognises the widespread and forced use of this practice as a crime against humanity Anna-Maria Lombard At least 12 South African women, sterilised against their…
Staff Writer7 June 2010
WINDHOEK – The case in which Government is being taken to court over the alleged forced sterilisation of six women at state medical facilities reopened in the High Court yesterday,…
Staff Writer2 June 2010
REHOBOTH, Namibia
, May 31 (IPS) – A landmark court case, alleging that HIV-positive women were forcibly sterilised in Namibian state hospitals begins in Windhoek’s High Court on Jun. 1. Human…
Staff Writer31 May 2010
ALL eyes will be on Namibia next week when the case of HIV-positive women, allegedly sterilised in State hospitals without their consent, goes to court. The three women are suing…
Staff Writer28 May 2010