Dr Miranda Forsyth

There are non-violent ways: Dr Forsyth

The researcher from the Australian National University is currently doing a four-year major research, partnering with the National Research Institute.

“There are anxieties about sorcery in many parts of Papua New Guinea. But often people can find non-violent ways of dealing with those anxieties,” she shared in an open forum on sorcery accusation related violence yesterday.

She said the second important response is to try to reverse the motivations of those who are involved as violent perpetrators.