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Discussion on discrimination against women in traditional leadership in the African agenda

11 February 2015 On Wednesday, 11 February 2015, Muluka Miti-Drummond (SALC Regional Advocacy Director) and Senate Masupha from Lesotho were interviewed at Talk at Nine by Aubrey Masango following a joint…

Staff Writer26 February 2015

Equality Rights Women Malawi

REGIONAL RIGHTS BODY REPORTS MALAWI TO THE UN

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has reported Malawi to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, raising concerns over the criminalisation of…

Staff Writer15 February 2015

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Malawi shadow report: Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has submitted a shadow report on Malawi to the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (the Committee). Between 26…

Staff Writer10 February 2015

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Using the court to protect vulnerable people: Perspectives from the judiciary and legal profession

In February and March 2014 the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, the National Association of Women Judges and Magistrates (Botswana) and the judiciaries in Malawi and Zambia co-hosted judicial colloquia on…

Staff Writer24 December 2014

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Namibia court upholds sterilisation verdict

Aljazeera Supreme court upholds judgment from 2012 that health workers coerced three HIV positive mothers to consent to prodedure. Namibia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that health workers sterilised…

Staff Writer4 December 2014

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Rape-pregnancy milestone

The Herald THE landmark ruling by the Supreme Court in the rape-pregnancy case of Mildred Mapingure marked an important legal turning point for women’s sexual and reproductive rights in Zimbabwe,…

Staff Writer10 November 2014

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NEWS RELEASE: NAMIBIA’S HIGHEST COURT FINDS GOVERNMENT FORCIBLY STERILISED HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN

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

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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 Writer3 November 2014

Equality Rights Women

MEDIA ADVISORY: CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR AN END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INHERITANCE

In a statement issued to mark the United Nations International Day of Rural Women on 15 October, a number of civil society organisations have called on African governments to end…

Staff Writer14 October 2014

Equality Rights Women

JOINT STATEMENT: CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR AN END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP

On this International Day of Rural Women, 15 October, we, the undersigned organisations, call on African governments to end discrimination against rural women in Africa, especially in their access to…

Staff Writer14 October 2014

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Equality Rights Women

Discussion on discrimination against women in traditional leadership in the African agenda

REGIONAL RIGHTS BODY REPORTS MALAWI TO THE UN

Malawi shadow report: Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Using the court to protect vulnerable people: Perspectives from the judiciary and legal profession

Namibia court upholds sterilisation verdict

Rape-pregnancy milestone

NEWS RELEASE: NAMIBIA’S HIGHEST COURT FINDS GOVERNMENT FORCIBLY STERILISED HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN

Namibia: Coerced sterilisation of HIV-positive women

MEDIA ADVISORY: CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR AN END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INHERITANCE

JOINT STATEMENT: CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR AN END TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP

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