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Articles & Essays
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Loveness Tapiwa Satande
Posted
January 7, 2010
Categories
Health
Human Rights
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In spite of a woman’s right to make sexual and reproductive choices as endorsed in various human rights charters and conventions, women living with HIV continue to encounter discriminatory attitudes from health care institutions about their child bearing choices. Cases of coerced sterilization of women who are HIV positive are on the rise in southern Africa. Specific cases have been reported in South Africa and Namibia. This article examines the current state of women’s reproductive and sexual health rights in southern Africa as legitimated in various human rights charters and conventions.It describes women forced sterilization and how it is a significant violation of sexual and reproductive rights which despite being taken up by a range of NGOs is still a significant human rights abuse in the region. It is anticipated that this will help stakeholders advocating women’s rights, including governments, in identifying specific rights violations and respond appropriately.
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