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Ikponwosa Ero on Ending Witch Hunts
Manage episode 394477207 series 3392176
In this profound interview, Ikponwosa Ero unpacks her work advocating for human rights of victims of witchcraft accusations and ritual attacks. As a lawyer and a former United Nations Independent Expert on the Rights of Persons with Albinism, she shares her professional journey and personal experience as an advocate with albinism. Through the interview, she provides extensive data on the nature and scale of the problem, explaining the global presence of harmful practices beyond Africa, in North and South America and Europe. She talks about her contribution at the United Nations, emphasizing the importance of human rights framework in combating these harmful practices. The conversation also covers the need for grassroots collaborations, the collection of reliable data, the importance of cross-movement partnerships, and the role of climate change in these harmful practices.
Recommended Reading
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
Recommended Viewing
IK Ero On Next Steps For Ending Witch Hunts TINAAWAHP
Sanguma: Everybody’s Business
National Action Plan
I Am Not a Witch
Saving Africa's Witch Children
Websites of Note
End Witch Hunts
The International Network against Accusations of Witchcraft and Associated Harmful Practices
Grassroots organizations working with The International Network
International Alliance to End Witch Hunts
Stop Sorcery Violence
Storymap explaining the dynamics of sorcery accusation related violence
Support the show --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/support165 episodes
Manage episode 394477207 series 3392176
In this profound interview, Ikponwosa Ero unpacks her work advocating for human rights of victims of witchcraft accusations and ritual attacks. As a lawyer and a former United Nations Independent Expert on the Rights of Persons with Albinism, she shares her professional journey and personal experience as an advocate with albinism. Through the interview, she provides extensive data on the nature and scale of the problem, explaining the global presence of harmful practices beyond Africa, in North and South America and Europe. She talks about her contribution at the United Nations, emphasizing the importance of human rights framework in combating these harmful practices. The conversation also covers the need for grassroots collaborations, the collection of reliable data, the importance of cross-movement partnerships, and the role of climate change in these harmful practices.
Recommended Reading
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
Recommended Viewing
IK Ero On Next Steps For Ending Witch Hunts TINAAWAHP
Sanguma: Everybody’s Business
National Action Plan
I Am Not a Witch
Saving Africa's Witch Children
Websites of Note
End Witch Hunts
The International Network against Accusations of Witchcraft and Associated Harmful Practices
Grassroots organizations working with The International Network
International Alliance to End Witch Hunts
Stop Sorcery Violence
Storymap explaining the dynamics of sorcery accusation related violence
Support the show --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witchhunt/support165 episodes
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