I am so excited to see the new mental health campaign from Women’s Health coming out on 2nd October. This is the first time any magazine like them that have touched upon the mental health impact of a victim that has faced a cultural crime. My feature has my story about my abusive background growing…
Author: Iqbal
How to support a victim of honour abuse or forced marriage
I remember the dreaded feeling of school holidays coming up, looking around to see the fun everyone was going to have but I was returning to the nightmare between the four walls I lived in. It was having to face the physical, emotional abuse on a daily that was running my anxiety high! It was…
Points of Light award winner
I am so pleased to announce that I have been chosen as an award winner! I have been awarded by the Prime Minister for the ‘Points of Light’ award that recognise people for impactful work. Full story is here so click on this link I am still completely shocked that I have been rewarded this…
Asha featuring in Women’s Health’s magazine’s upcoming mental health campaign
It is such a privilege to announce that I have been picked to be part of the upcoming campaign that will be featuring in Women’s health magazine. I can’t reveal too much about the campaign but I got to do this with my best friend of many years Rabia Rizwan! This was a fun photoshoot…
This is a brief of my story
I recently got interviewed by someone who misquoted me when I told him my story so this is my version: A brave survivor and mental health campaigner has spoken out of the honour-abuse she suffered at the hands of her parents. Asha Iqbal, 30, says she was shamed into silence for years about the hidden…
Founder Asha Iqbal is MQ’s new ambassador
Just recently Founder of Generation Reform Asha Iqbal has featured in MQ mental health’s new campaign. Asha says ‘I was speechless when I got asked to be part of the new campaign, I had followed the previous celebrity campaign that was very impactful and I just said YES straight away. I didn’t need to think…
Forced Marriage: Let’s talk about the victims living in silence
Forced Marriage is all over the news at the moment with just days ago a mother in Birmingham was convicted for forcing her daughter to get married at the age of 13. This story echoes into the story of many as growing up in a South Asian community all I saw was young girls and…
The need for culturally tailored early intervention to tackle BAME mental health in schools
The following article was published on BAME educators. Link is below https://bameednetwork.com/2018/03/17/bame-mental-health-the-need-for-culturally-tailored-early-intervention-to-tackle-bame-mental-health-in-schools/
Featuring in MQ mental health’s new campaign
Founder of Generation Reform Asha Iqbal got approached a few weeks ago by MQ mental health who asked for her to be featured alongside mental health campaigners in their new upcoming campaign that will be launching in July. These are just a few of the behind the scene pictures of some of the photoshoot…
South Asian women required for survey
I am conducting some research in regards to mental health in South Asian communities and for my first survey I am looking for up to 50 women from the South Asian communities (Indian, Bengali, Pakistani and Sri Lankan) from the ages of 16-40years old and have experienced/live with a mental health condition (it can be…