KELIN to Participate in the Centre for Human Rights Gender Week Course at University of Pretoria

On 3 March 2016, KELIN’s Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights Programme Manager, Ms. Saoyo Tabitha Griffith, will be speaking at the Centre for Human Rights Gender week on ‘Litigating Women’s Human Rights in Africa’.  The gender week course, which is hosted by the University of Pretoria, takes place from 29 February to 4 March 2016 at the Law Faculty, University of Pretoria. The lectures target masters students undertaking their LLM degrees in human rights and democratization.

The Human Rights and Democratization in Africa LLM (HRDA) course is a unique teaching program, hosted in South Africa, made up of students from across the African region. During an intensive one-year course, the students are taught by eminent lecturers in the field of human rights, and gain invaluable practical exposure by traveling across the continent to a wide variety of cross cutting learning opportunities.

Ms. Saoyo’s topic will focus on the recently trending African cases that have been litigated on women’s rights. These cases include: the Mildred Mapingure case in Zimbabwe regarding access to safe abortion for survivors of sexual violence; the Maimuna Awour case in Kenya on detention of women in hospital after delivery; the case against Nakaseke District Hospital in Uganda over failure to provide emergency obstetric care, among others. her presentation will also highlight the ongoing forced sterilization cases in Kenya. She will speak alongside renowned academic scholars in the women’s rights field, including Professors Sylvia Tamale, Karin Van Marle and Thandabantu Nhlapo.

 

To contribute to the discussions on this forum follow KELIN on our social media platforms:

Twitter: @KELINkenya using hashtag #Justice2Health
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kelinkenya

For more information contact:
Saoyo Tabitha Griffith

Programme Manager Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights

Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV & AIDS (KELIN)
4th Floor, Somak Building, Mombasa Road Tel +254202515790; Cell +254790339963 ;

Email: tsaoyo@kelinkenya.org