End forced and coerced sterilization of women living with HIV

The Issue

While women living with HIV like any other women who are not HIV-positive share similar sexual and reproductive health rights, this study - Violation of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of women living with HIV in Clinical and Community setting in Uganda  found that women living with HIV experience a wide range of violations especially coerced and forced sterilization in clinical settings, their homes as well as in their communities.

This affects their decision on the number of children to have and when to have them. It is an outright violation that needs to come to an end.

By signing this petition, you are sending a message to the Government of Uganda to guarantee the right of women living with HIV to SRHR information, services and to end forced and coerced sterilization.

Join the International Community of Women Living with HIV Eastern Africa (ICWEA) to call for an end to these injustices. 

FULL REPORT: http://www.icwea.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/11/ICWEA-Sexual-Reproductive-Health-Rights-Report-Uganda.pdf

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The Issue

While women living with HIV like any other women who are not HIV-positive share similar sexual and reproductive health rights, this study - Violation of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of women living with HIV in Clinical and Community setting in Uganda  found that women living with HIV experience a wide range of violations especially coerced and forced sterilization in clinical settings, their homes as well as in their communities.

This affects their decision on the number of children to have and when to have them. It is an outright violation that needs to come to an end.

By signing this petition, you are sending a message to the Government of Uganda to guarantee the right of women living with HIV to SRHR information, services and to end forced and coerced sterilization.

Join the International Community of Women Living with HIV Eastern Africa (ICWEA) to call for an end to these injustices. 

FULL REPORT: http://www.icwea.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/11/ICWEA-Sexual-Reproductive-Health-Rights-Report-Uganda.pdf

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Petition created on 27 January 2016