Kenyan Women Sue Over Forced Sterilization

Author:: Al Jazeera
Publisher:: Al Jazeera
Publication Date:: 8 October 2012
Tags:: Kenya, Human Rights, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women and Gender

A group of HIV positive women in Kenya say they've been sterilised without permission. Now they're planning to file a lawsuit against those responsible. But one women's rights group says the practice may be more widespread than previously thought. Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from Nairobi.

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