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Defending the rights of LGBTI at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council Session AngolaCivic RightsCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights News

Defending the rights of LGBTI at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council Session

For proponents of the principle that everyone is entitled to the same human rights irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity, February 2012 started disappointingly: On 7 February 2012,…
Anneke Meerkotter
17 February 2012
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Lesotho law banning women from becoming chiefs is unconstitutional and must be repealed, says SALC BotswanaEquality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenLesothoTanzania

Lesotho law banning women from becoming chiefs is unconstitutional and must be repealed, says SALC

Johannesburg—The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) today joined the fight to repeal parts of Lesotho’s discriminatory Chieftainship Act, which only allows the first-born son to succeed to chieftainship, by filing…
Staff Writer
17 January 2012
SADC may be about to shoot itself in the foot ArticlesCivic RightsCivic Rights ArticlesCivic Rights ExpressionCivic Rights Expression ArticlesCivic Rights NewsEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsNamibiaRule of LawZimbabwe

SADC may be about to shoot itself in the foot

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 Writer
7 April 2011
Southern Africa: More sterilisations of HIV-positive women uncovered ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenNamibiaSADCSouth AfricaZimbabwe

Southern Africa: More sterilisations of HIV-positive women uncovered

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 Writer
30 October 2010
Condoms in prison debate rages ArticlesBotswanaCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsLesotho

Condoms in prison debate rages

Mmegi Online The issue of whether to distribute condoms in prisons is a hot potato that has pitted the government against AIDS organisations. It has pitted Vice-President Mompati Merafhe, against…
Staff Writer
5 October 2010

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