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Category Archives: mental health
Mental Health Awareness Week: Kindness
Why we should focus on kindness beyond this week. The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 is kindness. Kindness is a concept that everyone knows, but it is often hard to remember to be kind and why it is … Continue reading
Why is there an increased risk of maternal death among BAME women?
The risk of death or complications for BAME women in pregnancy and childbirth is much higher than for white women in the UK. But what are the reasons behind the problem? For UK-born Asian women, maternity mortality rates are one … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign, Campaigning, discrimination, Education, Ethnic Minorities, Inclusion, International, International Affairs, JAN Trust, mental health, Racism, Uncategorized, women
Tagged activism, BAME women, black women, campaigners, Candice Brathwaite, childbirth, discrimination, equality, Ethnic Minorities, healthcare, human rights, JAN Trust, maternity, Mothers, nhs, pregnancy, prejudice, Racism, Reni Eddo-Lodge, sexism, women, women's rights
Representation and responsibility: Film and TV writers need to acknowledge their influence and use it wisely
Not all film and television writers claim to be trying to alleviate social injustice with their stories or use their creativity as a catalyst for social change. Some may write personal stories, or stories that are completely fictitious or … Continue reading
Posted in Active citizenship, Advocacy, british, discrimination, Diversity, Education, Ethnic Minorities, Far right, Hate Crime, hijab, Inclusion, Islam, islamophobia, mental health, Muslim, Muslim dress, Muslim women, police, Politics, Racism, Representation, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized, women
Tagged actor, BBC, bodyguard, discrimination, Diversity, entertainment, film, hijab, hijabi, Islam, Media, mental health, Muslim, Muslim representation, muslim woman, Muslims, Representation, responsibility, riz ahmed, riz test, showbiz, social justice, Stereotypes, stigma, terrorist, TV, tvseries, women, women's rights, writers
Shroud Of Dishonour – What really happens behind the curtains?
Two prominent social and cultural patriarchal constructs play a role in all aspects of a woman’s life in the South Asian (SA) community; they are izzat (honour) and sharam (shame). Izzat and sharam are both factors that impede the assessment … Continue reading
New generation, same old hatred?
Recent figures have revealed that within and around educational facilities such as colleges and schools, hate crime has risen by 62% in the last year. There have even been reports of primary children as young as six committing racially and religiously … Continue reading
Posted in discrimination, Diversity, Education, Ethnic Minorities, Hate Crime, Inclusion, islamophobia, London, mental health, Muslim, Racism, Society, Uncategorized, Violence
Tagged bigotry, brexit, colleges, disability, discrimination, Donald Trump, education, Extremism, Far right, hate crime, Hate Speech, immigration, islamophobia, Racism, schools, transphobia
Brushed under the carpet – Depression in the South Asian Community
The statistics by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) 2017 revealed that 1 in 4 of the UK population will experience depression. Many South Asian communities regard depression as taboo, something that is brushed under the carpet. It is often … Continue reading
Posted in girls, Health Issues, JAN Trust, mental health, Society, Uncategorized, women
Tagged Casey review, community, culture, depression, English, Honour, integration, JAN Trust, mental health, segregation, tradition
The Difficulty of Eradicating Forced Marriages
New figures released by the NSPCC reveal that there has been a 12% increase in counselling sessions about forced marriage in the previous year. Summer is often a high-risk period for potential victims of forced marriage, as many are lured … Continue reading
Posted in british, child marriage, Crime, Ethnic Minorities, forced marriage, Forced Marriages, girls, JAN Trust, marriage, mental health, Syria, Uncategorized
BBC’s ‘The Betrayed Girls’ highlights ground-breaking work of JAN Trust Patron Nazir Afzal
JAN Trust’s Patron Nazir Afzal OBE features prominently in a 90 minute documentary for BBC One – ‘The Betrayed Girls’. The programme explores Afzal’s instrumental role in delivering justice for the victims of the Rochdale child exploitation scandal. Over the … Continue reading
Posted in Active citizenship, Campaign, Crime, discrimination, Diversity, Education, Ethnic Minorities, girls, google, JAN Trust, mental health, police, Politics, Prime Minister, Racism, Society, The Sun, The Times, Uncategorized, Violence, Violence Against Women, women
Tagged child, child sexual exploitation, children, culture, education, feminism, Government, Islam, JAN Trust, Nazir Afzal, Nazir Afzal OBE, Politics, Rochdale, Rochdale grooming scandal, services, Society, Uncategorized, Violence, women
The experience of immigrants in the UK must not be underestimated as anything other than a struggle
While immigrants have often experienced difficulties integrating into a new society, in the past few years in the UK they have experienced increasing problems as a direct result of anti-immigration rhetoric from political parties which have then influenced citizens … Continue reading
Posted in british, Citizenship, discrimination, Diversity, Education, Ethnic Minorities, Hate Crime, islamophobia, mental health, Online abuse, Online hate, Uncategorized, women
Tagged culture, Family, Islam, school, Society
