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The Actionists: The fight for justice for hundreds of HIV-positive SA women who endured forced sterilisation

In 1997, Sethembiso Promise Mthembu was forced into sterilisation by a doctor. Today, she fights for justice for hundreds of women who've had similar experiences.

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In Kenya, the women said, NON-NEGOTIABLE: my body my womb my rights Nine years later, they were heard Why did it take so long?

In Kenya, the women said, NON-NEGOTIABLE: my body my womb my rights Nine years later, they were heard Why did it take so long?
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Govt slated for failing to act on CGE report on forced sterilisations

Close to 100 HIV-positive women have hit out at government for failing to take action three years after the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) made damaging findings about forced sterilisations at public hospitals.

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Victims of forceful sterilisation call on president to start compensation process

A group of 85 HIV-positive women represented by the Her Rights Initiative (HRI) has written an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, calling on him to start the process of compensation from government after they were forcefully sterilised by clinicians.

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85 forcefully sterilised HIV-positive women plead for Ramaphosa s intervention

The women, represented by Her Rights Initiative, penned an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa to speed up the process of redressing the matter.

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