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Zambia Women and HIV/AIDS By Nada Ali Published in The Post The Human Rights Council reviewed Zambia’s report under its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism in Geneva last Friday (9 May), and adoption of the report took place this week on Wednesday (14 May). Here in Lusaka, women, including those who describe themselves as “living positively,” are struggling to come out of the shadows that still obstruct the government’s efforts to fight HIV/AIDS. May 16, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Universal Periodic Review of Zambia Human Rights Watch's Submission to the Human Rights Council In Zambia, where 17 percent of the adult population is living with HIV/AIDS, women face grave gender-based abuses, in particular domestic violence, which hinder their ability to access or continue using life-saving HIV treatment. Despite Zambia’s impressive roll-out of HIV treatment, the country’s health system and legal framework fail to address these barriers to women’s HIV treatment and as a result, some women living with HIV miss out on life-saving HIV treatment. May 5, 2008 Written Statement Printer friendly version Zambia: Abuses Against Women Obstruct HIV Treatment The Zambian government is failing to address the life-threatening obstacles facing Zambian women living with HIV who experience domestic and gender-based violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Gender-based violence and insecure property rights are preventing Zambian women from accessing life-saving antiretroviral treatment. December 18, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Hidden in the Mealie Meal Gender-Based Abuses and Women’s HIV Treatment in Zambia
HRW Index No.: A1918 December 18, 2007 Report Download PDF, 692 KB, 98 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release SADC Gender and Development Protocol: How it can Save Lives By Nada Ali, Women's Rights Division Africa researcher Published in Zambia Daily Mail TODAY, the heads of state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meet in Lusaka to discuss – among other issues – a key weapon in the war on poverty and disease: women’s equality. August 16, 2007 Commentary Printer friendly version SADC: Take Action to End Zimbabwe Rights Crisis Send Human Rights Monitors to End State Brutality Government leaders gathered this week at a summit in Lusaka, Zambia should urgently press Zimbabwe’s government to end its broadscale attack on human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. Human Rights Watch called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to deploy human rights monitors to Zimbabwe to assess the situation. August 14, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version UN: Rights Council Remains Timid in Face of Abuses Darfur Resolution Provides Basis for Further Action The UN Human Rights Council closed its fourth regular session today having failed to take action to address many of the world’s most urgent human rights situations, Human Rights Watch said today. The council adoption of a compromise text regarding the crisis in Darfur, however, was a welcome if small step forward. March 30, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Commitment to Establish Program on Sexual Abuse in Zambia HRW recently received a letter from the office of the President of Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa, stating that following his review of our report on sexual abuse of girls in Zambia and how this exposes them to HIV infection, he ordered the establishment of an interministeral program on the sexual abuse of girls. April 30, 2003 Advocacy Impact Meanwhile: Young girls in Africa cornered by AIDS By Janet Fleischman Washington, DC ( Published in International Herald Tribune LUSAKA The strikingly higher infection rates among adolescent girls compared to boys in Zambia and many other parts of Africa reveal a disturbing trend: the AIDS epidemic is being fueled by the abuse and subordination of young women. April 2, 2003 Commentary Printer friendly version Suffering in Silence The Links between Human Rights Abuses and HIV Transmission to Girls in Zambia Sexual abuse of girls in Zambia fuels the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the strikingly higher HIV prevalence among girls than boys, Human Rights Watch said today. Concerted national and international efforts to protect the rights of girls and young women are key to curbing the AIDS epidemic’s destructive course. Human Rights Watch today releases a new 121-page report, “Suffering in Silence: Human Rights Abuses and HIV Transmission to Girls in Zambia,” which details sexual abuse and other human rights abuses of Zambian girls, especially girls orphaned by AIDS. The report documents many incidents of abuse of orphan girls at the hands of their guardians. Some of the girls are as young as 11 years old. The United Nations’ annual assessment of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, released in December, emphasized that in Africa “the face of AIDS is clearly a female face,” and noted the much higher rate of HIV transmission among girls than boys on the continent. The Human Rights Watch report tells the human story behind this disparity, detailing many ways in which girls in Zambia are vulnerable to the disease through abuse and subordination. HRW Index No.: 1564322831 January 28, 2003 Report Also available in 
Download PDF Purchase online 'Protect Young Girls from Forced Sex With HIV-Positive Men' By Janet Fleischman Washington, DC Published in allAfrica.com As the international Aids conference continues in Barcelona, Janet Fleischman of Human Rights Watch contributes this personal view on the special and urgent need to protect young girls and women from HIV infection. July 10, 2002 Commentary Printer friendly version 'Protect Young Girls from Forced Sex With HIV-Positive Men' Published in www.allafrica.com Aids in Africa ravages millions of lives, those infected as well as those affected. Increased international mobilization, particularly the XIV International Conference on AIDS in Barcelona, is crucial, but one acutely vulnerable group continues to suffer in silence - adolescent girls at risk of infection by sexual violence and other abuses. July 10, 2002 Commentary Printer friendly version Zambia: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers It is not known if there are under-18s in government armed forces, but recruitment legislation is vague and appears to allow such recruitment with the consent of parents or guardians. There have been no reports of underage recruitment. June 12, 2001 Multi Country Report Zambia: Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa Although there were serious doubts at first about its autonomy and effectiveness, the Zambian Human Rights Commission has steadily gained respect by interceding in a decisive manner and by speaking out publicly on violations by the authorities. It has been particularly active on issues such as labor complaints and prison conditions. Despite general caution in taking on politically sensitive issues such as police abuse and the suppression of the independent media, the Commission showed commendable initiative when it intervened against police torture of detainees following a 1997 coup attempt. The Commission’s capabilities remain circumscribed by its structural design, a lack of support from the executive branch, and self-imposed political limitations. January 1, 2001 Multi Country Report ZAMBIA: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Key developments since March 1999: Zambia has established an inter-ministerial National Task Force for the implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty. Zambia has told the UN that is has just a small stockpile of antipersonnel mines for military training purposes only. A number of AP landmines appear to have been planted inside Zambia in 1999 and 2000 by Angolan government and UNITA rebel forces. In May-June 2000, the UN Mine Action Service conducted an assessment mission in Zambia. August 1, 2000 Multi Country Report Zambia: The Need for Human Rights Benchmarks A Human Rights Watch and Afronet Memorandum Zambia, once promoted as a model for democracy in Africa, has in recent years been distinguished by a pattern of ongoing human rights abuses targeting the independent media and the political opposition. July 14, 2000 Memorandum Zambian Police Must Investigate Killing of Opposition Leader Human Rights Watch called on the Zambian police to launch an immediate and comprehensive investigation into the killing of Major Wezi Kaunda, an important opposition figure of the United National Independence Party (UNIP). November 4, 1999 Press Release Printer friendly version Memorandum To The Consultative Group Meeting On Zambia The head of the Zambian delegation Minister of Finance Edith Nawakwi at the end of the May 1998 Consultative Group meeting pledged that her government "wants a clean and good human rights record. We were a leader in the liberation struggles of southern Africa. We want to be a leader on human rights." May 27, 1999 Memorandum Zambian Government Cracks Down on Media, Opposition Human Rights Watch called for Zambia's donors to continue to attach clear human rights benchmarks for the release of payments support, in light of the Zambian government's continued human rights violations. May 26, 1999 Press Release Printer friendly version Former Zambian President's Release Welcomed But Further Steps Needed Human Rights Watch today welcomes yesterday's release of the former president of Zambia from detention, yet calls on the Zambian government to take further steps to show a commitment to human rights protection. June 2, 1998 Press Release Printer friendly version |
 
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