Denied motherhood: forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women as a violation of their human rights

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dc.contributor.advisorSmythe, Dee
dc.contributor.authorApiko, Philomena
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-25T13:54:18Z
dc.date.available2026-03-25T13:54:18Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2026-03-24T11:21:27Z
dc.description.abstractForced sterilisation of HIV positive women has recently been focussed on in Southern Africa where reports of women who had been sterilised in government hospitals without their consent was made public.2 Sterilisation is defined as a surgical procedure whereby a person could be rendered incapable of fertilisation or reproduction3 by blocking of the sex organs.4 Forced sterilisation is sterilisation that occurs without the consent and knowledge of the patient. For the purposes of this paper forced sterilisation will include instances where the HIV-positive woman was sterilised during a caesarean section (c-section) and was not made aware of the procedure. It will also encompass instances where women were coerced against their will by health officials to undergo sterilisation.
dc.identifier.apacitationApiko, P. (2012). <i>Denied motherhood: forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women as a violation of their human rights</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43042en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationApiko, Philomena. <i>"Denied motherhood: forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women as a violation of their human rights."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43042en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationApiko, P. 2012. Denied motherhood: forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women as a violation of their human rights. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43042en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Apiko, Philomena AB - Forced sterilisation of HIV positive women has recently been focussed on in Southern Africa where reports of women who had been sterilised in government hospitals without their consent was made public.2 Sterilisation is defined as a surgical procedure whereby a person could be rendered incapable of fertilisation or reproduction3 by blocking of the sex organs.4 Forced sterilisation is sterilisation that occurs without the consent and knowledge of the patient. For the purposes of this paper forced sterilisation will include instances where the HIV-positive woman was sterilised during a caesarean section (c-section) and was not made aware of the procedure. It will also encompass instances where women were coerced against their will by health officials to undergo sterilisation. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - HIV KW - Women KW - motherhood LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Denied motherhood: forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women as a violation of their human rights TI - Denied motherhood: forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women as a violation of their human rights UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43042 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/43042
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationApiko P. Denied motherhood: forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women as a violation of their human rights. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Law and Society, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43042en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Law and Society
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectmotherhood
dc.titleDenied motherhood: forced sterilisation of HIV-positive women as a violation of their human rights
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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