Sorcery Accusation and Related Violence in PNG
— the Harm and the Healing
22-23 June 2021
This Conference took stock of what changes have occurred in addressing Sorcery Accusation Related Violence since the last conference on this topic in 2013. The Conference proceedings explore human rights issues, and social, legal and practical plans for the future.
Questions that were considered included:
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- What have been the accomplishments and limitations of the National Action Plan?
- What have we learned from the activism and research done in PNG in recent times?
- What can PNG learn from initiatives overseas?
- What new insights reveal a path for the future?
Day One Sessions – 22 June 2021
Day 1 Panel 1 (Policing SARV)
Day 1 Presentation by Nirmala Nair
Day 1 Discussion after presentation by Nirmala Nair
Day 1 Panel 2 (SARV in the Village Courts)
Day 1 Presentation by Carolyn Gent
Day 1 Panel 3: (Reintegration following SARV)
Day 1 Presentation by Leo Igwe
Day 1 Panel 4: (Survivors’ experiences of SARV)
Day Two Sessions – 23 June 2021
Day 2 recap of Day 1
Day 2 Panel 5: (SARV Civil Society Interventions)
Day 2 Presentation by Berrie Holzhausen
Day 2 Panel 6: (Government Interventions)
Day 2 Presentation by Ugne Grigaitė
Day 2 Panel 7: (Church Interventions)
Day 2 Panel 8: (Media Representation)
Day 2 Presentation by Joerg Nowak
Day 2 Presentation by Paul Wolframm and Evelyn Kunda
Day 2 Missio and Final Comments