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2009
15 January:
Mighealthnet: Information network on good practice in health care for migrants and minorities.
Dawson Hall, Charterhouse Square, Queen Mary University of London.
For more information and to register, please contact Bertine de Jongh: b.de-jongh@qmul.ac.uk
2008
21 November:
What is Challenging About Cultural Diversity in CAMHS? Innovative clinical practice with children and young people. Tavistock Centre, London. Web site
Asian Family Counselling Service & Nafsiyat Inter-cultural Therapy Centre 2008 Autumn Seminars
1. Unpacking attachment and its place in psychotherapy
- Date: October 3rd, 2008, 2-5 pm
- Speaker: Dr. Begum Maitra
- Venue: International Student House, (adjancen to Great Portland Street Tube station)
2. Culture and Psychoanalysis: A Personal Journey
- Date: October 23rd, 2008, 2-5 pm
- Speaker: Dr. Sudhir Kakar, India's foremost psychoanalyst. Professor Roland Littlewood will be chairing the session and Br. Begum Maitra will be the discussant. Details and registration form
- Venue: see details
3. Male suicide in the Turkish and Kurdish Communities
- Date (tentative): November 12th, 2008
- Chair: Dilek Gungor
- Speakers: Dr. Zerrin Atakan and TBC
- Venue: London Voluntary Resource Centre, Holloway Road (TBC)
Further details and booking forms on the seminars to follow. If you wish to express interest in attending any of the seminars, do email nafsiyat.intercultural@gmail.com
25-27 September: Conference on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health: The UN Special Rapporteur and the Role of the Health Sector.
The International Federation of Health and Human Rights and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex are organising a conference in London on the right to the highest attainable standard of health.
16 September: Nafsiyat/Asian Family Counseling Service joint conference: "Inter-cultural Therapy – Past, Present and Future: Reflections from 25 years".
Celebrating the 25th anniversaries of both organizations, the conference will will reflect on current practice and recent advances in inter-cultural therapy and debate its future in a post-multicultural Britain. Flyer and Booking Form Programme
10 July: Reaching London's Refugees: The role of the Voluntary and Community Sector. Flyer & Booking form
9 July: Psychotherapy and Culture: Working with myths and beliefs
- Speaker: Jaswant Guzder, McGill University
- Time: 10 am
- Venue: TBC
- Fees: £20/ £10 (students and unwaged)
- For a booking form email: nafsiyat.intercultural@gmail.com
7 – 13 July Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Week
Working in partnership to raise cancer awareness and improve access to services among ethnic minorities. You can get involved too by organising an event, having an information stand or by putting up a stall at a community fair. They are producing publicity materials that you can use. Contact them on: Cancer Equality, 27-29 Vauxhall Grove, Vauxhall, London SW8 1SY E-mail: info@cancerequality.org.uk, Phone/Fax: 020 7820 1115.
24 June: Spirituality, Culture and Identity: An Approach to Care - University of Worcester
20 June: Seminar at Royal Society of Medicine, London on 'Race, Culture and Psychotherapy'
19 June: Washing and Grooming - contemporary hygiene issues in historical perspective - Dr Virginia Smith at Womens Library, Old Castle Street, London - 5:30-8pm
The series aims to explore contemporary issues in researching Black and Minority Ethnic Health through historical perspectives. More information
19 June: Suicide and self-harm in young women of South Asian origin: Epidemiological and Clinical perspectives
- Speakers: Veena Raleigh and Varija Rao
- Time: 2 - 4:30 pm,
- Venue: Telfer Room, Ealing Town Hall
- Fees: £20/ £10 (students and unwaged)
- Booking form or email: nafsiyat.intercultural@gmail.com
18 June: Conference in Manchester on ‘Race, Culture and Psychological Perspectives’, organised by the Ethnic Health Initiative (EHI).
18 June: Meeting Diversity in Patient Information
Venue: 76 Portland Place, London
This practically-focused conference will look at how a range of organizations are tackling these issues on a daily basis.
Contact: For more information please email Hannah hannah@healthcare-events.co.uk or visit http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk
Download Brochure
13-15 June: International Workshop “Promoting Change through Innovation: New Approaches in Services for Migrants and Refugees - European Centre for Migration and Mental Health. More information
14 May: Every BME Child Matters: Closing the Attainment Gap
The Barbican Conference Centre, London
15 April: Uneven Regional Development, Polarisation in Cities and International Circuits of Migration
London School of Economics LSE
9-11 April: Children and Migration: Identities, Mobilities and Belonging(s)
University College, Cork, Ireland UCC
1 – 2 April: Community Cohesion and Empowerment: Championing the social, cultural, economic and environmental determinants of health – 16th UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum
Liverpool, UK UKPHA Conference
4 March: Beyond We Care Too: Putting Black Carers in the Picture
THE BT CENTRE, 81 Newgate Street, London, England EC1A Beyond We Care Too
