News of the day from around the world, Feb. 25
1 Forced sterilization: A scathing new report reveals that dozens of HIV-positive women were forced or coerced into sterilization after giving birth at public hospitals in South Africa. The Commission for Gender Equality’s report this week says it investigated complaints by at least 48 women of “cruel, torturous or inhumane and degrading treatment” at the hospitals. At times it occurred when women were in labor. In many cases, “the hospitals’ staff had threatened not to assist them in giving birth”... Читать дальше...