Projects and Initiatives

The Sorcery Accusation Related Violence National Action Plan (also known as SARV-NAP or SNAP) is an initiative of the PNG Government together with many other partners and institutions. While a very detailed Action Plan was developed in 2014 and endorsed by the National Executive Council in 2015, no formal budget has been allocated yet for this purpose from the National Government.

In a strong effort to give a response to this constant violence, different institutions, organisations and individuals are bringing their smaller projects to the Sorcery Accusation Related Violence National Action Plan Committee, trying to fit them within the specific actions previously decided in each one of the core areas of the National Action Plan: Health, Legal and Protection, Advocacy and Communication, Care and Counselling and Research.

Here you can get to know some of these projects and the progress that is being made.

Improving the impact of state and non-state interventions in overcoming sorcery accusation related violence in PNG

In response to the calls for action to deal with Sorcery Accusation Related Violence, both the government and a broad range of civil society, faith based and international organisations have started to put into place legislative reforms, projects and programs to address the problem. As a result, there currently are a whole range of non-state actors (community organisations, civil society, church organisations, UN organisations) that are developing and implementing interventions to break the link between sorcery accusation and violence. However, the evidence about which of these interventions are working and why, and how they can best be supported, and support each other, is still very thin.

CLRC Churches

The Sorcery Conference was held at the Lae International Hotel, Lae Morobe Province from the 14^th – 16^th November 2016. The Conference was facilitated by the Constitutional and Law Reform Commission with the support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

The purpose of the Conference was to gauge views, comments and suggestions from the Church leaders, elders and the general public on how best to approach the issue of Sorcery and Sorcery related violence and killings.

Everybody's Business Film

The current film project aims to update developments in the situation over the last four years, and to focus on the experience of survivors, especially on how they have found support and the willingness to work against this terrible violence. The film will focus on human rights and the way such persons, individuals and groups (often faith-based) are striving to help not only victims but whole communities realize and start to deal with the human rights issues involved.

Yumi Sanap Strong

The community-led initiative Yumi Sanap Strong (Let’s Stand Strong Together) emerges from an action research project undertaken by Queensland University of Technology in partnership with the University of Goroka. The project has developed communication strategies and materials to address sorcery accusation related violence in Papua New Guinea.

Improving the impact of state and non-state interventions in overcoming sorcery accusation related violence in PNG

CLRC Churches

Everybody's Business Film

Yumi Sanap Strong

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