Witch Hunt
Witchcraft Accusations and Caste in India with Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni
Witch Hunt presents an eye opening discussion with Human Rights Lawyer Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni regarding her research and work in the field of law and caste-based discrimination in India. Exploring human experience realities like social untouchability, caste-based discrimination in education, the plight of manual scavengers, and the witchcraft accusation atrocities committed against multitudes of vulnerable women with inferior status.
This thoughtful exchange regarding the struggle for equality in India provides a clear lens for understanding the human rights violations of the caste system, the experience of “untouchables” in India, and the urgent need for effective societal transformation and accountability to extinguish these entrenched harmful practices.
United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution 47/8. Elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks
Papua New Guinea Sorcery and Witchcraft Accusation-Related Violence National Action Plan
Pan African Parliament Guidelines for Addressing Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Study on the situation of the violations and abuses of human rights rooted in harmful practices related to accusations of witchcraft and ritual attacks, as well as stigmatization
IK Ero On Next Steps For Ending Witch Hunts TINAAWAHP
Saving Africa's Witch Children
International Alliance to End Witch Hunts
Petition to recognize those accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts
End Witch Hunts
The International Network against Accusations of Witchcraft and Associated Harmful Practices
Grassroots organizations working with The International Network
Storymap explaining the dynamics of sorcery accusation related violence
