involuntary sterilization

Namibian Government Implicated in Involuntary Sterilizations of HIV-Positive Women

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by Ramona Vijeyarasa, RH Reality Check, Southeast Asia

November 17, 2009 - 10:15am (Print)

As far back as 2001, women living with HIV/AIDS were being sterilized in Namibian hospitals, without their autonomous consent. Shockingly, these women, whose cases the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS began documenting in 2008, continue to wait for redress.
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