Harmful practices related to witchcraft accusations, spirit possession and ritualistic abuse remain severely under-recognised and misunderstood across global safeguarding networks. Explore the newly released WSPRA Conference Report and PolicingTV video coverage to access key findings, multi-agency insights and international perspectives on addressing these hidden harms.

Register now! INAWARA and the University of Livingstonia are hosting a major global conference in Malawi this November 2026, focusing on regional and international action to combat witchcraft accusations and ritual attacks.

Email a ready-to-send letter to your representative in Parliament today to help us get a royal pardon for British ‘witches’.

We’ve just opened the Call for Papers for the Malawi Conference in November - find out more!

In early September 2025, key resources were launched in a bid to curb sorcery accusation-related violence in PNG.

10 August is World Day Against Witch Hunts - see what we’re doing to raise awareness.

Check out our June 2025 report: Legislative Approaches to Addressing Harmful Practices Related to Witchcraft Accusations and Ritual Attacks: A Global Review.

Join an illuminating conversation with our special guest Ms. Reem Alsalem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, and Professor Miranda Forsyth.

William Kipongi, Research Officer for the National Security and International Relations Research Program at the PNG National Research Institute, appeared on EMTV in Focus.

The international award from the Network (the first one was awarded in Lancaster - The Inaugural Award from The International Network on Accusations of Witchcraft and Associated Harmful Practices (TINAAWAHP) goes to Leo Igwe

We are delighted to announce the winning images in our photographic competition.

The International Network Against Witchcraft Accusation and Associated Harmful Practices (TINAWAAHP) invites submissions of photographic work focusing on accusations of witchcraft and associated harmful practices across the globe.

On Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th May 2023, an international e-conference was held on Harmful Practices Relating to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks.

Over the next two years, The International Network against Witchcraft Accusation and Associated Harmful Practices will partner on a project led by Professor Charlotte Baker, Lancaster University and funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council Impact Acceleration Account. 

Killings due to accusations of sorcery or witchcraft and ritual attacks now included in UNODC Global Study on Homicide 2023

On 15 March 2023 the Pan African Parliament launched its Guidelines for Parliamentarians on Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks: Towards Eliminating Harmful Practices and other Human Rights Violations.