The study looks at the interrelated factors of transition from a pre-state forest dependent economy to a social system of an agricultural

This study aims to provide an evidence-based analysis of the persecution and hunting of women as witches in indigenous and rural societies in India.

In northern Ghana, hundreds of women, accused of witchcraft by relatives or members of their community, have been living in ‘witch camps’ after fleeing or being banishe

Legal reforms have been at the centre of the agenda for strategizing gender justice in India. This has been so, right from the time of nine-teenth century social reforms movements, through the period of nationalist struggles, down to the contemporary women's movement.