Archive for April, 2009
Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: Accusations of witchcraft against children in Angola
April 20, 2009United Nations: Concluding comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Mozambique
April 20, 2009The Committee is concerned about the social situation of older women, including their poverty, isolation and lack of identity cards as well as cultural beliefs about older women, and accusations of witchcraft against them. The Committee also expresses concern regarding the particular vulnerabilities of women refugees and internally displaced persons.
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The Committee recommends that the State party pay special attention to the precarious situation of older women, women with disabilities, women refugees and internally displaced persons, to ensure
that, as appropriate, they have full access to health and social services and to decision-making processes, and that they have adequate jobs in the labour market. The Committee further urges the State party to adopt special programmes to alleviate poverty within those groups of
women, and to combat all forms of discrimination against them. The committee also urges the State party to challenge traditional views regarding older women, particularly accusations of witchcraft, and to provide identity cards free of charge, in o order to guarantee their full access to social services and social protection.
United Nations: Concluding comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Ghana
April 20, 2009The Committee is concerned about the persistence of the belief in witchcraft in
some parts of the country, in particular in rural areas, and the fact that women accused of being witches are subjected to violence and are confined in witch camps.
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
April 20, 2009Educational efforts should be made to ensure that those accused of witchcraft in the Central African republic are not killed.
Witchcraft, Displacement and Human Rights Network 