DStv Channel 403 Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Discussion | HIV/AIDS | Report urges legal reforms to prevent forced sterilisation of women living with HIV

 

JOHANNESBURG - Academics and activists are demanding an immediate halt to the forced sterilisation of women living with HIV.

They are calling for amendments to the Sterilisation Act to ensure that these women give informed consent.

Their report highlights how the rights of black women, in particular, are being violated.

Professor Thenjiwe Meyiwa, the Vice-Principal of Research, Postgraduate Studies, Innovation and  Commercialisation at UNISA spoke to eNCA in the video above.

 

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