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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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Senate Masupha pursues women’s right to chieftainship : Senate Masupha and Others v Kingdom of Lesotho

On 9 September 2014, Senate Masupha, the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Lesotho) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) submitted a complaint to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’…

Staff Writer29 September 2014

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COURT DIARY: KHWARAE – DISCRIMINATION IN ADOPTION

15 SEPTEMBER 2014 GABORONE, BOTSWANA On Monday 15 September 2014, the Gaborone High Court, Dingake J presiding, heard a constitutional challenge to Botswana’s Adoption Act. The applicant is a father who…

Annabel Raw16 September 2014

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Botswana court defies court order on ARV access for foreign inmates

Star Africa 12 September 2014 The Botswana government has not yet complied with a recent High Court ruling that ordered it to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV-positive foreign prisoners,…

Staff Writer15 September 2014

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Chief’s daughter challenges male succession

Citizen A complaint has been lodged with the African Commission about a law providing for male-only succession to chieftainship in Lesotho, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (Salc) said on Tuesday.Citizen…

Staff Writer10 September 2014

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Botswana ordered to provide ARV’s to foreign inmates

SABC News 22 August 2014 Botswana has been ordered to provide ARV’s to foreign inmates. This was the judgment of the Botswana High Court. Two HIV-positive foreign nationals took the…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

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Botswana loses ARV case against foreign inmates

Global Post 22 August 2014 GABORONE, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) — Botswana government has been ordered to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV-positive foreign prisoners at state expense. Botswana High Court…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

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High Court instructs Botswana to provide free ARVs to foreign prisoners

The Business Day 22 August 2014 BOTSWANA’s government was instructed by the High Court in Gaborone on Friday to provide and pay for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV-positive foreign prisoners.…

Staff Writer25 August 2014

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News Release: Botswana Government Must Provide HIV Treatment to Foreign Prisoners, Says High Court

Gaborone–Today, the Botswana High Court ordered the government to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to HIV-positive, foreign prisoners at state expense. The court held that the denial of ARV treatment to…

Staff Writer22 August 2014