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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
Zimbabwe: Strengthening women’s access to reproductive health services Equality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Completed CasesZimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Strengthening women’s access to reproductive health services

SALC provided support to the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA) in the case of Mildred Mapingure v The State. Mapingure was raped in 2006. She sought emergency contraception within 72 hours of her…
Staff Writer
25 March 2014
Zambia: Activist defends right to freedom of expression Civic RightsCivic Rights Association & AssemblyCivic Rights Association & Assembly Completed CasesCivic Rights Completed CasesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ Completed CasesZambia

Zambia: Activist defends right to freedom of expression

Paul Kasonkomona is a respected HIV activist and National Coordinator of Engender Rights-Zambia. On 7 April 2013, Kasonkomona was arrested outside Muvi TV station after he appeared on a television…
Staff Writer
25 February 2014
Prison
Malawi: Health considerations in bail hearings in Malawi – Mphembedzu v The Republic Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Prison Reform Completed CasesCriminal Justice Prison ReformEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Health considerations in bail hearings in Malawi – Mphembedzu v The Republic

Last year SALC secured bail for a seriously ill prisoner in the case of Mphembedzu v The Republic MHC Bail Case No. 70 of 2011. This case sought to profile health issues…
Staff Writer
23 April 2012
Malawi: Right to bail for terminally ill remandees Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice Completed CasesCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform Completed CasesEquality RightsEquality Rights Completed CasesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health Completed CasesMalawi

Malawi: Right to bail for terminally ill remandees

SALC is challenging the fact that terminally ill remandees have no opportunity to provide evidence to an independent arbiter on the state of their health. This presents a serious challenge…
Staff Writer
21 November 2010

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