for a complete and detailed overview of activities go to www.mindrights.nl
International Activity Report of Stichting Mind Rights:
up to 2009
WSF report (April 2007)
GFCMH Report: Breaking the cells down (June 2007)
22-24 October
2009 : Stockholm, Sweden
Speaking at the 6th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry
As experience expert from the user perspective I gave a personal presentation.
Read the Article which I presented
"Psychiatry in the age of Neuroscience:
the impact on clinical practice and lives of patients"
http://www.springerlink.com/content/x801v44w4555h564/
Official site of the European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry:
http://www.oudconsultancy.nl/stockholm/ecvcp/Invitation.html
My
Dutch report of the congress (in 3 parts):
http://tekeertegendeisoleer.web-log.nl/tekeertegendeisoleer/2009/10/verslag-3--euro.html
and my travel report:
www.punkertje.waarbenjij.nu
15-20 March 2009 : Kampala, Uganda
Global Assembly
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP)
A meeting in Kampala,
Uganda, with user-organizations from all over the world.
The theme was: Making our rights a reality – Human Rights in the Age of
the CRPD.
What does the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
mean for us?
In Kampala I was chosen
as a Board member and also Treasurer
of the worldnetwork WNUSP
The official website of
WNUSP is
www.wnusp.net 
My Dutch report and travel-blog can be found at
www.punkertje.waarbenjij.nu
I also visited the user
movement NAUSPR (National Association of Users and Survivors of
Psychiatry Rwanda)
It was very impressive and inspiring.
9 - 11
August 2008 & 2007: Reggae Sundance Festival , E3-strand Eersel, the
Netherlands
Reggae Sundance Charity Picture
Fundraising activity for
African user organizations.
We made 500 euro by selling pictures, and we divided this
amongst three user movements in Africa:
Ubuntu Centre in South Africa
Makana-Group in Kenya, and
usergroup of Sylvester Katontoka in Zambia
(painted by Jolijn Santegoeds)
30-31 May
2007, Global Forum
on Community Mental Health
main sponsors: Basic Needs, CBM
and WHO
held at WHO head office, Geneva, Switzerland
more info on GFCMH on http://www.gfcmh.com
my contribution to
GFCMH is a new report :
Report: Breaking the
cells down (June 2007)
impression of Global Forum
The 7th World Social
Forum (WSF)
took place in Nairobi, Kenya from
January 20-25th, 2007
Our Workshop Mental Health Care
was On the Agenda of the WSF-conference on January
22.
It was a big success and more than 100 people attended our workshop.
impression of WSF workshop
We have spread leaflets with our WSF statements
WSF 2007 report - click here.
Including the things we learned from
travelling around in Eastern Africa from January 7th 2007 to February
7th 2007, visiting several places where patients with mental problems
usually are at.
Activity Reports :
4th European
Social Forum 2006
Athens, Greece
Our first international activity was
very recently:
Workshop Inside Mental Health Care & Psychiatry
Friday May 5th 2006, 14.30
Place: room F 05 at 4th ESF, Athens, Greece
.
It was a big succes. More than 40 people attended the
meeting. The room was full, and sometimes people were standing in the back,
because all the seats were full. Everyone agreed on our topics. And all the
copies of our information were taken by the visitors. Even the leaflets from
the wall were taken.
Erik Scaltriti from Madrid, Spain volunteered to video-tape the
complete meeting, which took 3 full hours.
And we gathered a lot of new contacts across Europe, from a lot of
organisations.
More information on the extension of our networks will
follow.
Please visit this site regularly to stay informed.
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Athens ESF report
The contents from this conference in Athens is
divided into a few parts.
This
report made by: Jolijn Santegoeds, Actiegroep Tekeer tegen de isoleer!
NL
Part 1. Our ESF statements which were proposed, discussed and agreed on the ESF 2006.
Part 2. Information which we spread at the ESF in Athens
Part 3. Introduction the first part
of the meeting, containing:
Jolijn
Santegoeds
(Actiegroep Tekeer tegen de isoleer!)
text: From psychiatric patient to
activist
Jan Verhaegh
(European Network of Users and
Survivors of Psychiatry, ENUSP)
text:
Not on
the Agenda (2005) (Includes reports of his trip across Central
Europe)
Marietje Lemmens
( Stichting Time -out )
text:
Statement Women Organization Time-Out
(A report of the discussion will be added)
Part 4. Next to do & Other Information
Part 5. Investigating Psychiatry in Greece
We have sent our reaction to the EU Green Paper : Improving the health of the population: Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union: