Tackling Mental Health Stigmas; Let's start the conversation
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…
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 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 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/
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…
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…
More than a third of BME staff polled have been bullied, abused or experienced racial discrimination by their employer. Figures from Trades Unions Congress show the sad reality of a work environment faced by BME staff, which goes to show the need for more support groups to be able to empower and support. Work is…
I got invited by BBC Look North to be interviewed re:mental health stigmas within BME communities, i tend to say no to video interviews as I’m so self conscious but I had to bite the bullet for the sake of raising awareness and hopefully people can relate to my views taken (this will be aired…
Last week I was blessed enough to be approached by CapitalFM who wanted to hear more about my journey. Stay tuned as I will update you guys on the interview.
One of the many reasons to creating my mental health workshops was to target those hard to reach BME communities that required an opportunity to create an open dialogue. Today I talk about the Hijab and the mental health issues stemmed from wearing the hijab. There may be a link to mental health issues when…