Witchcraft and Spirit Possession in Child Protection – A Community Perspective by VCF
The impact of globalisation in some African countries has driven people toward financial achievements. Everywhere is competing with wanting more, hence there is intense competition around achieving economic values. But what you see is very few that make it, and many more driven by extreme poverty, and the breakdown of the family structure; the sense that people are looking more into achieving for themselves rather than the old African structure of lending support to the rest of the family. What you also have is the family moving into a nuclear structure rather than the more traditional ways, where people took their responsibilities by helping the extended family. Here, the impact may be on some of the most vulnerable in a changing society, ‘the children’ and often leads to a child being accused of being possessed or a family accused of witchcraft. More…
Evaluation Report by the Centre for Social Work Research – a partnership between University of East London and Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation
Summary Report
Safeguarding Children’s Rights: Exploring issues of witchcraft and spirit possession in London’s African communities. Trust for London (2011)
Full Evaluation Report
Briggs, S., Whittaker, A., Linford, H., Bryan, A., Ryan, E., Ludick, D. (2011) Safeguarding Children’s Rights: exploring issues of witchcraft and spirit possession in London’s African communities. London : Trust for London.
Presentation
Evaluation Findings by Professor Stephen Briggs, Centre for Social Work Research
Conference
Witchcraft and Spirit Possession in Child Protection; gathering perspectives for informed practice
Government Roundtable on Religion, Witchcraft and Child Safeguarding
The Government consulted with community and faith groups involved in the Safeguarding Children’s Rights Initiative funded and evaluated by Trust for London, to continue to explore the prevalence of witchcraft and spirit possession and how to address within the child protection system.
A National Working Group was subsequently formed to tackle Faith-Based Child Abuse.
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Safeguarding the Rights of the African Child Project
Community Partnership Pilot Project
Protecting Children across Culture and Faith
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