Disrupting Colonialism and Biomedical Reductionism in Mental Health: Enhancing equity and protecting human rights

Realizing Human Rights in Mental Health

(in partnership with the Empowerment Council, Eviance, and Transforming Communities for Inclusion)

This webinar brings together activists to discuss the ways in which biomedical research in mental health is experienced differently in the Global South and Global North. Speakers will address the questions of what it means to protect human rights amidst growing global biomedical dominance in colonial contexts both at an individual level and systemic level. They will provide examples of community action and resistance against individualistic understandings of mental health in favor of democratic rights and equity-enhancing practices. In this webinar speakers will:

• Discuss colonialism and biomedical reductionism in mental health and surface its impact on equity and human rights
• Discuss policy and practice frameworks that exemplify the values embodied in intersectionality and theories of social justice
• Provide examples of advocacy and contributions to movement building and transformative change with communities 

Register now with this link:
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International Sign Language interpretation, Spanish,
Mandarin, and Japanese Translation, and closed captioning
will be provided for the webinar series.

Realizing Human Rights
and Social Justice in Mental Health