TACKLING INEQUALITIES AND ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AT THE MARGINS

We are bringing together leading voices exploring transformative, community-driven approaches to health justice- from grassroots activism and social movements to mental wellbeing in marginalized spaces.

We kick off with fireside conversations with attending authors (Prof Anuj Kapilashrami and Prof Neil Quinn) of the hot-off-the-press ‘Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities: Interrogating Community Development and Participatory Praxis, a provocative new work that cracks open the poly-crisis fueling global health injustice—from corporate greed to climate chaos—handing the mic to the communities and social movements fighting back; bridges radical theory and frontline praxis, and charts a decolonial playbook for health justice, pairing hard-hitting analysis with real-world movements turning protest into power and dismantling inequities (Buy your copy here).

The book launch will be followed by reflections from Dr Bahadir Celikemur on engaging vulnerable populations and fostering community participation in communites at the margin.

The final session is part of our Global Health Perspectives – Mental Health Webinar series, exploring arts-based therapeutic interventions addressing mental health challenges among marginalized communities, that are community-driven and culturally embedded practices, thereby proving the healing thrives when communities lead. The webinar features Dr Ursula Read (University of Essex), Dr Sumeet Jain (University of Edinburgh), and Dr Lily Kpobi (University of Ghana).

From colonial legacies to community futures, this series challenges who holds power in global health—and how we reclaim it, turning critique into strategy, solidarity into action, and justice from aspiration to reality. Through these conversations, we seek to generate actionable insights, spotlight community-rooted innovations, and collaboratively build more equitable, decolonial, and just approaches to global health.