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Topic
MHIN Asia Hub x CBM Global - Human Rights-based Approaches to Mental Health in Asia-Pacific
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May 16, 2025 01:00 PM

Description
A human rights-based approach to mental health prioritises dignity, autonomy, and equity for people with mental health conditions and psychosocial, intellectual, and cognitive disabilities. In the Asia-Pacific region, movements for deinstitutionalisation and recovery-oriented services are growing. Speakers from Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Nepal will share their efforts to promote rights-based mental health in their contexts. This webinar is co-hosted with CBM Global Disability Inclusion, an organisation committed to improving the quality of life of people with disabilities. CBM Global is a close partner of the WHO, collaborating on initiatives like QualityRights. Panellists: Rita Gautam, Senior Programme Officer, CBM Global, Nepal Sera Osborne, Office/Project Manager, Psychiatric Survivors Association, Fiji Puan Anita Abu Bakar, President and Founder, MIASA, Malaysia Yeni Rosa Damayanti, Chair, Indonesia Mental Health Association, Indonesia Moderated by: Ben Adams, Mental Health Director, CBM Global