Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lumbini Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal.
Med Sci Law. 2021 Apr;61(2):147-149. doi: 10.1177/0025802421998222. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
Accusations of witchcraft and witch-hunting activities remain serious problems in Nepal, where many women are subjected to violence or torture following accusation and persecution. Many experience serious physical and mental injury, and some die. However, most of these incidents are not reported because women and their families fear reprisals. Poverty, systemic gender inequality and weak state laws provide a context in which this behaviour occurs. Allegations of witchcraft will, however, not be fully eradicated without improvements in education and legal safeguards.
在尼泊尔，巫术指控和猎巫活动仍然是严重的问题，许多妇女在被指控和迫害后遭受暴力或酷刑。许多人遭受严重的身心伤害，有些人甚至死亡。然而，由于妇女及其家庭担心报复，大多数此类事件都没有报告。贫穷、系统的性别不平等和薄弱的国家法律为这种行为的发生提供了背景。然而，如果不改善教育和法律保障，巫术指控将不会被完全消除。
