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Namibia judge backs sterilised women

Updated Monday, July 30th 2012 at 00:00 GMT +3

Lawyers say they have evidence that HIV-positive women are being forced to undergo sterilisation in Swaziland and parts of South Africa, which they say is an infringement of the women's constitutional rights.

About 13% of adults in Namibia are HIV-positive, according to UNAids.

-BBC

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