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 Writer24 November 2012
Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, President Mugabe and Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba at their meeting on 10 October 2011 On 19 November 2012, the Zimbabwe Supreme Court…
Staff Writer21 November 2012
One of SALC’s partners, Mamoletsi Moletsi, recently published an opinion piece in Lesotho’s Public Eyereflecting on the importance of ensuring women’s equality if we are to effectively respond to HIV. In the piece…
Staff Writer20 November 2012
Last month, a High Court in Botswana struck down a customary law which denied women the right to inherit the family home. In the case, the Court found that such…
Staff Writer19 November 2012
Thought Leader, Mail & Guardian Nyasha Munazvo-Chingore & Priti Patel 13 November 2012 Around the world a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes. This is even worse in…
Staff Writer13 November 2012
The Lancet Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women in sub-Saharan Africa and is a leading cause of death in women in southern Africa. The disease is a…
Staff Writer12 November 2012
City Press By Priti Patel Check out below SALC’s Deputy Director ‘s piece in the City Press this weekend on the current rash of women’s rights cases in southern Africa. Let us know what…
Staff Writer5 November 2012
Plus News JOHANNESBURG, 31 October 2012 (PlusNews) – Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in southern Africa, but new research reveals that governments’ attempts to…
Staff Writer1 November 2012
Afrieqjet Cervical cancer deaths in Southern Africa – Governments in southern Africa must implement comprehensive policies on cervical cancer in order to substantially reduce the number of deaths from cervical…
Staff Writer1 November 2012
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre recently released a report, Tackling Cervical Cancer: Improving Access to Cervical Cancer Services for Women in Southern Africa, addressing the state of cervical cancer services in the…
Staff Writer31 October 2012
Daily Mail THE Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is calling on the women movement in Africa to champion justice delivery because of the unequal status of women before law in…
Staff Writer31 October 2012
THOUSANDS OF CERVICAL CANCER DEATHS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA COULD BE PREVENTED WITH MINIMAL GOVERNMENT ACTION, SAYS NEW RESEARCH Johannesburg, 31 October – Governments in southern Africa must implement comprehensive policies on…
Staff Writer31 October 2012
BBC News The rights groups want Lt-Gen Nyamwasa to face trial in France or Spain. Two human rights groups have asked a South African court to revoke the refugee…
Staff Writer30 October 2012
The Daily Maverick South Africa has thus far stubbornly resisted international pressure to extradite the former Rwandan military strongman, General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa. That might change soon, however. Apart from…
Staff Writer30 October 2012
Lt Gen Faustin Nyamwasa during a recent court appearance in Johannessburg in the case of those who tried to kill him. The London Evening Post Two human rights…
Staff Writer30 October 2012
Judgment has been reserved in the admissibility of a temporary asylum-seeker’s permit of Rwandan general and suspected war criminal, Kayumba Nyamwasa as evidence in a case in court. The case…
Staff Writer30 October 2012
IOL Pretoria – South African authorities exceeded their public powers and acted unlawfully and irrationally by granting refugee status to former Rwandan general and suspected war criminal Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa.…
Staff Writer29 October 2012
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ (African Court’s) 27th ordinary session being in Port Louis, Mauritius ended on the 7th of December. Not much is known about this court…
Staff Writer23 October 2012
The Gazette Customary law provides for male succession only The case demonstrates how customary practices can hinder attainment of equality – SALC The Constitutional Court in Lesotho has reserved judgment…
Staff Writer17 October 2012
All Africa 12 October 2012 By Priti Patel In August 2012, the Constitutional Court in Lesotho reserved judgment on a succession to chieftainship case that is being challenged by a…
Staff Writer15 October 2012