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The involuntary sterilisation of marginalised women: power, discrimination, and intersectionality

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Book chapters

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Reports

  • Amnesty International (25 August 2004a) Peru: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission – A First Step Towards a Country Without Injustice.
  • Amnesty International (November 2004b) Stop Violence Against Women.
  • Center for Research on Gender in the Professions (March 2013) The Persistence of Male Power and Prestige in the Professions: Report on the Professions of Law, Medicine, and Science & Engineering.
  • Human Rights Watch (June 2004) A Test of Inequality: Discrimination Against Women Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic.
  • The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (March 2009) The Forced and Coerced Sterilisation of HIV Positive Women in Namibia.
  • Senate Community Affairs References Committee, Parliament of Australia (2013) Involuntary or Coerced Sterilisation of People with Disabilities in Australia.
  • Vivo Positivo and Center for Reproductive Rights (2010) Dignity Denied: Violations of the Rights of HIV-Positive Women in Chilean Health Facilities.
  • Women With Disabilities Australia (March 2013) Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Involuntary or Coerced Sterilisation of People with Disabilities in Australia.
  • World Health Organisation (June 2013) Global Update on HIV Treatment 2013: Results, Impact and Opportunities.
  • United Nations (Conventions, Treaties, Reports, Submissions & Communications)
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  • Otakar Motejl, Public Defender of Rights (23 December 2005) Final Statement of the Public Defender of Rights in the Matter of Sterilisations Performed in Contravention of the Law and Proposed Remedial Measures.

Speeches

  • Carolyn Frohmader and Karin Swift (2013) ‘The Sterilisation of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Australia: Violating the Human Right to Health’, paper presented at the 7th Australian Women’s Health Network Conference, Sydney, 8 May.
  • Carolyn Frohmader and Stephanie Ortoleva (2013) ‘The Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities’, paper presented at ICPD Beyond 2014 International Conference on Human Rights, The Hague, 7–10 July.
  • Elena Gorolova (2009) ‘Elena Gorolova’s Voice’, speech delivered at the Durban Review Conference, Geneva, 21 April.

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