Health and reproductive rights, HIV and the Protocol to the African Charter on the rights of women in Africa

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dc.contributor.author Stefiszyn, Karen
dc.date.accessioned 2012-01-24T06:26:05Z
dc.date.available 2012-01-24T06:26:05Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.description This contribution is loosely based on a report by Karen Stefiszyn, Mmatsie Mooki and Yohannes Tesfagabir, entitled ‘Realising the right to health in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after 60 years: addressing the reproductive health rights of women living with HIV in Southern Africa’. en_US
dc.description.abstract The overarching goal of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Women’s Protocol or Protocol) is to bring about gender equality in Africa, the converse of which is fuelling the spread of HIV on the continent. The Protocol includes corresponding and comprehensive measures to be taken by states in order to promote, protect, and fulfil women’s human rights in Africa. It addresses many of the root causes of the disproportionate spread of HIV among young women in Africa, such as sexual violence and early marriage, as well as factors that exacerbate the effects of HIV infection on the enjoyment of human rights, such as the denial of inheritance rights (article 21). en
dc.description.librarian nf2012 en
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dc.identifier.citation Stefiszyn, K 2011, 'Health and reproductive rights, HIV and the Protocol to the African Charter on the rights of women in Africa', ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2011, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 3-6. en
dc.identifier.issn 1684-260X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17875
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape en_US
dc.rights Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape en
dc.subject Health and reproductive rights en
dc.subject Gender equality en
dc.subject.lcsh Women's rights -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh HIV infections -- Africa en
dc.title Health and reproductive rights, HIV and the Protocol to the African Charter on the rights of women in Africa en
dc.type Article en


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