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Migrant Health

Joint Statement | Department of Health and Department of Home Affairs to provide proof of birth for all children

Immediate Release: 17 June 2021 Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), SECTION27 and Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), organisations working and advocating therights of refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, undocumented persons and persons affected by statelessness, havebecome aware of a concerning practice at various health care facilities in Gauteng that involves the discrimination Continue Reading

By Section27, 5 years ago

Media Statements

Media Advisory: Limpopo School Pit Toilet Case Postponed

SECTION27’s court case to fight for the eradication of pit toilets in Limpopo schools, which was originally set down to be heard by the High Court of South Africa (Limpopo Division) on Monday 24 May 2021 has been postponed. We have been informed by the Judge President of the High Continue Reading

By Section27, 5 years ago

Media Statements

Sanitation structural order Komape Case returns to court

SECTION27 is returning to the Polokwane High Court to continue the fight for safe, dignified and sanitary school toilets in Limpopo.

By Section27, 5 years ago

Access to medicines

Comment on US trade representative support of the temporary waiver of intellectual property for COVID-19 vaccines

The Fix the Patent Laws campaign welcomes the announcement that the Biden-Harris Administration supports the temporary waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. “This decision is as result of massive global solidarity and mobilisation by activists around the world, who have been fighting for equitable access for COVID-19 vaccines Continue Reading

By Section27, 5 years ago

Media Statements

Plan to eradicate Limpopo school pit toilets by 2030 unacceptable and unconstitutional

SECTION27 is returning to the High Court of South Africa (Limpopo Division) on 24 May 2021 to continue the fight for safe, dignified and sanitary school toilets in Limpopo. We filed heads of argument with the court in October 2020 to continue our now six-year legal battle against the Limpopo Department of Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

Media Statements

Education departments slacking on court-ordered reporting on NSNP, while 1.5 million learners are still not receiving meals

Over 1.5 million learners are still not provided with National School Nutrition Programme meals, with some education departments failing to report on rollout.

By Section27, 6 years ago

News

Open Letter: Former Heads of State and Nobel Laureates Call on President Biden To Waive Intellectual Property Rules for COVID Vaccines

Open Letter: Former Heads of State and Nobel Laureates Call on President Biden To Waive Intellectual Property Rules for COVID Vaccines Dear President Biden, We the undersigned former Heads of State and Government and Nobel Laureates are gravely concerned by the very slow progress in scaling up global COVID-19 vaccine Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

Learners With Disabilities

BlindSA and SECTION27 take govt to court to #EndTheBookFamine for blind people.

BlindSA and SECTION27 are taking govt to court to challenge apartheid copyright law and fight for the human rights of persons who are blind or visually impaired.

By Section27, 6 years3 years ago

Media Statements

SECTION27 and the Centre for Child Law are concerned by the recurring disregard of children’s rights

On 21 March in South Africa, Human Rights Day, we remember the struggle and sacrifices made in the fight against the brutal and oppressive Apartheid regime, and we commemorate the establishment of a democratic South Africa which embraces human rights. However, despite South Africa having constitutionalised human rights, many of Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

Right to Access Healthcare

COVID-19 Vaccine Literacy Train the Trainer Manual

Against a backdrop where myths and misinformation about vaccines against Covid-19 and immunisation programmes more generally are widespread, this manual aims to put public health messaging first. In this manual, we dispel common fictions and fears about the Covid-19 vaccine. Why this manual? A proportion of South Africans demonstrate vaccine Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

Friends & Giving

Pledge Your Birthday

If you are reading this post, it can only be true that by now, you have celebrated several birthdays. Be it with friends or family, a small or large occasion, birthdays are a special time and are always worth celebrating. Over the last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago