Tackling Mental Health Stigmas; Let's start the conversation
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…
Dr. Asim Hussain, chairman of Ziauddin Group of Hospitals in Karachi, and former Advisor of Prime Minister for Ministry of Oil and Natural Resources in Pakistan revealed that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of the late Benazir Bhutto has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Benazir was and still is one of the most iconic Pakistani female…
This is not about religion it’s a discussion about culture and misconceptions of mental health. We do not want to confuse religion with culture at all. With religion it’s all about certain teachings and my views about culture is creating a whole community based on expectations. For this video I really wanted to touch upon…