We continue to share stories of women living with HIV who have faced coerced and/or coerced sterilization. These and more are in the ICWEA study titled “Violations of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of Women living with HIV in Clinical and Community Settings in Uganda”
We need to come out strong against forced and/or coerced sterilization of women living with HIV.
My uncle consented on my behalf
“I was sterilized in 2003, when I was 21 years old and it was done at the hospital cialis original bestellen. I was admitted at the hospital with fever and was pregnant and going to deliver. They told me after birth that they would give me an injection so that I would not give birth until after five years – which I accepted. I did not know until later that I had been sterilized when I visited a nearby Clinic, because of frequent stomach pains. The doctor at the Clinic asked for the medical form and I told him it was with my uncle. I went and picked the form from my uncle. It is at that point that I learned that my fallopian tubes were operated. My uncle had signed the consent form. Upon hearing that, I started shedding tears. This has greatly affected my health. I just struggle to accept the situation,” Joy Barbirye
Note: For purposes of confidentiality, all names used under this section are pseudonym names
Access the report here
November 5, 2015
