NGO ActionAid with the support of the National Commission of Women inaugurated a two-day National level workshop on the issue of women’s rights violation due to witch branding here.
Inaugurating the workshop, chairperson, Odisha RTI Sashiprava Bindhani said access to justice is vital as witch craft killings mostly get social support and patronage. Thus implementation of State law on witchcraft killing and change in social perception are needed, he opined.
One of the victims of witchcraft tortures shared how she was ousted from her village and she is facing fresh discrimination even in Bhubaneswar where she is located now as her identity was revealed in recent media coverage.