Programme
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
11:00 AM 1:00 PM (GMT)
11:00 - 11:10 – Welcome from TINAAWAHP (Professor Charlotte Baker, Lancaster University, UK; Professor Miranda Forsyth, Australian National University; Dr Samantha Spence, Staffordshire University, UK)
11:10 - 11:20 - Towards effective advocacy against witch hunting in Africa – Dr Leo Igwe (Advocacy for Alleged Witches)
11:20 - 11:30 – TBC – Dr Joan Nyanuki (African Child Policy Forum)
11:30 - 40 - A local approach to Papua New Guinea’s wildfires of violence related to practices of witchcraft and sorcery – William Kipongi (The Papua New Guinea National Research Institute)
11:40 - 12:10 – Keynote: Reflections on international advocacy to date on HPAWR and ways forward Ikponwosa Ero (Director of Human Rights Advocacy at Under the Same Sun and Executive Director of the Africa Albinism Network)
12:10 - 12:20 – Gender dimensions of witch-hunt accusations in India - Dr Amit Anand (Centre for Human Rights Law and Policy, School of Legal Studies, REVA University)
12:20 - 12:30 - TBC – Jordan Alexander (Forum for Abuse Linked to Accusations of Witchcraft and Spiritual Possession)
12:30 - 12:40 – Offering hope to survivors in the UK on domestic abuse recovery programs impacted by accusations of witchcraft – Meena Kumari (H.O.P.E Training & Consultancy Ltd)
12:40 - 13:00 – Safeguarding children accused and their siblings – Leethen Bartholomew (Medical Assistance Sierra Leone and TINAAWAHP)
12:50 - 13:00 – Discussion and Closing Remarks
Registration
To register to join the expert workshop, please email TINAAWAHP@gmail.com with your name and the organisation you represent by midday on Monday 20th November 2023. There is no charge to participate.
This workshop is made possible by an award to Professor Charlotte Baker from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council Impact Acceleration Account.