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Steps forward in fighting cervical cancer

The fight against cervical cancer in Africa received a welcome boost when Merck and GlaxoSmithKline, the two pharmaceutical companies that make vaccines protecting individuals from specific cancer-causing strains of the human…
Priti Patel
5 June 2013
Lesotho Court fails women by denying them the right to succeed to chieftainship Equality RightsEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenSocio-Economic RightsSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-economic Rights News

Lesotho Court fails women by denying them the right to succeed to chieftainship

Johannesburg, 16 May – Lesotho’s Constitutional Court today struck a serious blow against women’s rights and gender equality by upholding a discriminatory section of the Chieftainship Act, which denies all daughters…
Staff Writer
16 May 2013
Tackling cervical cancer: Improving access to cervical cancer services in Southern Africa Equality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenResearch Reports & Policy BriefsSADC

Tackling cervical cancer: Improving access to cervical cancer services in Southern Africa

This report seeks to address the barriers to accessing cervical cancer services through providing information on the nature of cervical cancer and identifying the current availability of services for cervical…
Staff Writer
24 November 2012