2025/06/27 by Rouamba, George
#Burkina Faso #Implementation #innovation #knowledge #reintegration #vulnerability #witchcraft
paper · doi:10.57832/89v7-mz41
Based on long-term field research, this article seeks to assess the implementation of a community-based intervention designed to support women accused of witchcraft and housed in reception centers. An innovative approach has been implemented in one of these centers. These spaces, beyond providing shelter, serve as survival environments and mobilize protective forms of knowledge. Residents not only benefit from holistic care but are also integrated into the ecosystem of a social and solidarity-based economy. However, the social reintegration of women into their families of origin, one of the components of the center’s project, has had mixed results: returning home remains difficult, and the women continue to experience social isolation and stigma. The main lesson to be drawn is that such innovative interventions can constitute a form of protective knowledge, provided that a committed network of actors is built around them.