Thursday 18 April 2013

Post Delhi Gang Rape- The Justice Verma Commission

Interesting article -Crimes of Exclusion by  Siddharth Narrain. 
http://kafila.org/2013/03/30/crimes-of-exclusion-siddharth-narrain/

The rape case in Delhi brought a lot of public anger which led to changes in the law which he discusses in this article. 

Wednesday 17 April 2013

St Dymphna Seminars, 2013 Manchester

The St Dymphna Seminars was created in 2012 to provide a safe and open environment for those with an interest in mental health to  discuss issues relating to practice and experience. Inspired by the models of community care in traditions established at Gheel, the seminars aim to educate and reveal aspects of living with mental illness and perspectives on predominant models and treatments that are rarely shared. It is hoped that these seminars will also provide an arena for conflicting stances to witness the reality behind the ideology.

Here is t link to the website. http://theswordandfettereddevil.wordpress.com/about/