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Namibian Women Win Landmark Court Case

In what is widely seen as a victory for sexual reproductive rights, a high court ruling found that the government was liable for coercively sterilising three HIV positive women.

  • Namibia:   Victory for Sterilised Women

    New Era, 31 July 2012

    Three women who took the Ministry of Health and Social Services to court after they were sterilised against their will won a partial victory in the High Court yesterday after Judge… Read more »

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Siegfried Modola

Three women have won a drawn-out legal battle against the government.

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