New memorial in India commemorates ‘witch’ hunt victims
Thomson Reuters Foundation A memorial dedicated to victims of witch hunts has been unveiled in India’s eastern state of Odisha as part of a campaign to stamp out the branding and persecution of women as “witches”, which is still widespread among poor and tribal communities. Commissioned by the government, the memorial has a statue of […]
Award-winning UK film on witch-hunts in Zambia hoped to curb attacks on women
Thomson Reuters Foundation An award-winning British film about witch-hunts in Zambia could play an important role in curbing violence against women if translated into local languages and distributed widely, according to human rights campaigners. The film I Am Not A Witch – which tells the story of an eight-year-old Zambian girl accused of being a […]