1.0Amnesty Internationalhttps://www.amnesty.org/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Z7bjPf32YW"><a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr28/9099/2025/en/">Ghana: Branded for life: how witchcraft accusations lead to human rights violations of hundreds of women in north Ghana</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr28/9099/2025/en/embed/#?secret=Z7bjPf32YW" width="600" height="338" title="“Ghana: Branded for life: how witchcraft accusations lead to human rights violations of hundreds of women in north Ghana” — Amnesty International" data-secret="Z7bjPf32YW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Human rights abuses linked to witchcraft accusations are recurrent in the north of Ghana and can lead to death. Despite the prevalence of the incidents, the cases are rarely reported and investigated. The failure of the state to provide a long-term coordinated sensitization campaign in those regions to combat negative gender stereotypes at the origin […]https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/whoweare_2944x1224_header.jpg1178490