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Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho
Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/73356 Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho Ngwena, Charles mkhaile2014@gmail.com Khaile, Mathoka UCTD Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2019. Sexual violence is prevalent in Lesotho. However, all Catholic health facilities deny survivors of rape access to emergency contraception. As a result, some survivors have experienced unplanned pregnancies and illegal and unsafe abortions. Despite the ratification of human rights treaties, the government is not remedying this situation. Hence this study seeks to determine the compliance of the legal framework relevant to the protection of survivors of rape in Lesotho with international human rights norms and standards relating to access to emergency contraception. The study used desktop review to collect data and adopted a socio-legal approach. The findings of the study show that Lesotho has legislation and policies that protect the right to access to emergency contraception for the survivors of rape. Nevertheless, the state does not intervene when a third party violates this right. Therefore, the state does not comply with its human rights obligations. The study recommends different human rights-based approaches to the government and Catholic Church. Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria. Centre for Human Rights MPhil Unrestricted 2020-02-17T09:54:21Z 2020-02-17T09:54:21Z 2019 2019 Mini Dissertation Khaile, M 2019, Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho, MPhil Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73356> D2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73356 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho |
| title | Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho |
| title_full | Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho |
| title_fullStr | Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho |
| title_short | Access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in Lesotho |
| title_sort | access to emergency contraception for rape survivors in lesotho |
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| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73356 |