Global Network on Mental Health and Child Marriage
@mhcm_network
UCL-based global network focusing on the mental health consequences of child and forced marriage and developing priority areas for research, policy and advocacy
Last but not least, on day 16 of #16DaysOfActivism, we share the voice of Dr Jean Mandewo! Dr Mandewo is a lecturer & gender studies coordinator @WUAZIM
Read her blog on the future of mental health research here: https://t.co/11V9xTVkYQ
@vanyaradzayi@thewrittenro@FionaAmalia
On day 14 of #16DaysOfActivism, we share the voice of Latih. Latih holds an MSc in Clinical Psychology and is a researcher & lecturer at @WUAZIM.
Read her blog here, on her experience of working with survivors: https://t.co/WBcF04ngcC
@vanyaradzayi@thewrittenro@FionaAmalia
On day 11 of #16DaysOfActivism, we share the voice of Dr @Omobo4Olubukola. Dr Omobowale is a lecturer and consultant community physician at @UniIbadan.
Read her blog on the reality of violence against survivors of child marriage in Nigeria: https://t.co/SGBgx0tn8P
On day 8 of #16DaysOfActivism, Hildah wrote a blog on the role of Nhangas in mental health research. Hildah is the Community Engagement Coordinator at @RozariaConnects as well as a psychosocial counsellor.
Read her blog here:
https://t.co/6fkCNGInWS
@vanyaradzayi@thewrittenro
On day 7 of #16DaysOfActivism, we share the voice of Grace. Grace is a survivor, psychosocial counsellor, activist and advocate of GBV and ending early child marriage.
Read her powerful blog titled 'From Victimhood to Leadership & Transformation' here:
https://t.co/kcCPe71A59
On day 5 of #16DaysOfActivism, we share the voice of Samantha Chidodo. A survivor, a law student, and a champion in ending child marriages.
Read her blog on the building blocks to healing:
https://t.co/XtDFoIwC7C
@vanyaradzayi@thewrittenro@FionaAmalia
For day 4 of #16DaysOfActivism, @MagamaNokutenda has written a blog on how to manage burnout. Nokutenda is a passionate young researcher who works with girls and young women from rural and marginalized areas in Zimbabwe.
Read her blog here:
https://t.co/hHpdUUxi96
On day 3 of #16DaysOfActivism, our founder and director @thewrittenro shares her thoughts on the role of research in this field.
You can read her blog here:
https://t.co/IhpzaxFTVa
On day 2 of #16DaysOfActivism we are honoured to share the voice of Catherine, a 25 year old child marriage survivor working towards achieving her LLB Honorβs degree from Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University.
Read Catherine's blog on key stressors here: https://t.co/feN3YWctrP
Kickstarting the 16 Days of Activism with a blog from our co-founder, @vanyaradzayi#16DaysOfActivism
You can read our first blog here: https://t.co/tSQRGFP6Gd