#MHForAll Webinar Series
We regularly host webinars exploring various aspects and intersections of mental health, showcasing the transformative work being led by GMHAN members.
These webinars offer diverse perspectives from the field, including academics, UN agency representatives, civil society advocates, grassroots leaders, donors and more! Sessions are designed to spark thinking and provide insights into what global mental health means today, how it is practised and how change can happen. All attendees have access to live transcripts in over 100 languages!
Knowledge Exchange Series: Lived Experience Learning & Action Initiative
Knowledge Exchange Sessions (KES) are spaces designed to build capacity for advocacy and facilitate open conversation. Experts from across the field will share research and best practices on how lived experience is understood, valued, and translated into meaningful participation.
Who should attend? These sessions are open to the public! They provide an excellent entry point for advocates and mental health champions to learn about the decentralisation of power.
Register for our five upcoming sessions below:
13th October - Understanding Lived Experience
20th October - Demystifying UN Processes - New Guide Launch
27th October - What Does Lived Experience Bring to the Table? – Link
3rd November - What Does Meaningful Participation Mean in Practice? - New Guide Launch – Link
10th November - Building Lived Experience Leadership and Collective Action – Link
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Replay: Webinar: Lived Experiences Heard - Real Voices, Real Change
This World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization, World Federation for Mental Health, United for Global Mental Health and the Global Mental Health Action Network hosted a special webinar focusing on this year's theme “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change." We discussed how people with lived experience can be meaningfully engaged in shaping mental health policy, services and practice. With experts by experience from three continents, and representatives from all three organisations, we explored practical examples of meaningful participation. Speakers shared what is needed to ensure lived experience is not simply heard, but shapes policy decisions and drives lasting change.
The webinar also marked the launch of WHO’s guide, Supporting the transition to community-based mental health and social care: practical guide to the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric hospitals. We explored how this guide, co-produced with experts by experience, can support the transition from institutional care towards person-centred mental health and social care in the community. Replay the session to learn more about what deinstitutionalisation means for the rights and dignity of people living with mental health conditions, and the vital role of people with lived experience in shaping and delivering this work.
Recent #MHForAll Webinars
Webinar: Online Experiences and Young People’s Wellbeing
Webinar: Beyond the High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health
Catch up on all our previous #MHForAll webinars here.
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Our GMHAN Webinars and Events are always free to ensure accessibility for everyone around the world. If you would like to support us in keeping our activities free forever, please consider making a small donation today! We are continually working to improve our systems and ensure our platforms are inclusive for all. These small donations will make a big difference in our mission to develop the world’s capacity for mental health advocacy and strengthen the global mental health sector!