Anjali, a mental health rights organisation, working in sector for over 24 years, has been at the forefront of the mental health rights movement in India. Anjali has looked at mental health not only as a health issue but as a social justice issue. Although there are apparent visible connections between the bio-medical approach in mental health and suicide, Anjali's work has consistently interrogated the socio-cultural-political-economic contexts involved. Therefore, given the current evolving context, it has become pertinent to open a much-needed dialogue around suicide in Kolkata, West Bengal, and this conference will be an expansion of Anjali's work around building an intersectional discourse around suicide.
Registrations open from 7th January to 27th January, 2025.
Only a limited number of seats available.
The two-day conference will have a series of panel discussions with leading suicidologist, Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar and other mental health activists, legal experts working in the space along with psychiatrists, psychologists, case-workers, bureaucrats and survivors.
The conference will invite more than hundred people from diverse walks of life such as students, teachers, media professionals, barefoot mental health professionals and other community and civil society stakeholders. We hope that this conference will help build a stronger and more inclusive public discourse on suicide.