Marion Stevens

Aids is a human rights issue

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Nursing Update
Published by: 
Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa
Marion Stevens, Women and HIV/AIDS Gauge, Health Systems Trust, shares initiatives in the pipeline to make Aids testing safer.

My fertility was stolen from me

Series Name: 
Nursing Update
Published by: 
Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa

In Namibia, HIV-positive women are being tricked into sterilisation. Is this a country desperate to curb Aids, or just a blatant human rights violation? Marion Stevens of the Women and HIV/AIDS Gauge, Health Systems Trust, came across this recent article, which exposes the reality of what’s happening in Namibia’s state hospitals.

Draft UNGASS Report: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Indicators - A case study from South Africa

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Health Systems Trust

A workshop was held in July 2007 hosted by MOSAIC at which the participating organisations discussed the identified indicators, refined these and shared research and findings. In collaboration with GESTOS (GESTOS - Soropositividade, Comunicao e Gnero) this forms part of a 16 country process.