CHARLENE SUNKEL
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CHARLENE SUNKEL
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Founder/ CEO of Global Mental Health Peer Network at www.gmhpn.org
Editor-in-Chief PLOS Mental Health
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Symposium: Peer Support Models for Global Communities Impacted by War and Adversity

From shared experience to shared recovery, community-led models strengthening mental health after conflict and displacement

Voices from 🇺🇸 USA | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 🇯🇴 Jordan

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 November 2025
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Symposium: Psychosis Research in Africa: Where We’ve Been, What Works, Where Next?

From lived experience to scientific discovery, shifting from deficit to strength in understanding psychosis

Voices from 🇬🇭 Ghana | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 November 2025
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Symposium: From Evidence to Action: Collaborative Models for Transforming Youth Mental Health

Collaboration, innovation, and prevention are driving systems change for young people worldwide.

🌍 Voices from 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 🇨🇦 Canada

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🟣 Symposium: From Pilot to Policy: Embedding Adolescent Wellbeing in National Education Systems

Exploring how to make wellbeing a guaranteed part of education, from pilots to national systems change.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓️ 10–12 Nov 2025

🌍 Voices from 🇺🇸 USA | 🇬🇧 UK | 🇰🇪 Kenya

#WorldBeing
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Symposium: Nurturing Strength and Mental Wellbeing: Supporting Child and Adolescent Resilience

Exploring how collaborative research and community programs strengthen youth resilience in Africa 🌍

📍 Cape Town, South Africa

🗓 10–12 November 2025

Voices from 🇿🇦 South Africa| 🇿🇲 Zambia| 🇨🇩 DRC

#REPSSI
October 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Symposium: Building the Brain Economy: A Global Call to Action to Foster Resilient Communities and Strengthen Societal Well-being

How brain health and skills can strengthen communities and resilience worldwide.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓️ 10–12 Nov 2025

🌍 Voices from 🇨🇦 Canada | 🇺🇸 USA | 🇨🇩 Congo
October 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Symposium: Advancing Africa CDC’s Mental Health Agenda: From Strategy to Action

Africa CDC is turning strategy into action, strengthening mental health systems, policies, and community support across Africa

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 Nov 2025

Voices from 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇿🇦 SA, 🇬🇧 UK & 🇳🇴 Norway.
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Symposium: Innovation in Action: Bridging Lived Experience and Global Mental Health Solutions

From tech to policy to community-based solutions shaping the future of global mental health

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 Nov 2025

Voices from 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇪🇨 Ecuador, 🇯🇴 Jordan, 🇶🇦 Qatar & 🇬🇧 UK
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Symposium: The EMPOWER Peer Support Initiative: Lessons from Global Co-creation Efforts to Build the Peer Workforce

Global co-creation in action 🌍 Empowering lived experience through scalable peer support training.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 Nov 2025

Voices from 🇺🇸 USA & 🇿🇦 South Africa
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Symposium: Coalition for Mental Health Investment: Ambitious, Collaborative and Innovative Financing for Mental Health

Innovative financing and bold partnerships are reshaping global mental health.

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Voices from 🇺🇸 USA, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇰🇪 Kenya, and 🇵🇰 Pakistan
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Symposium: 45 Years of FGIP - How Mental Health Care Has Changed Over the Past 45 Years

From institutions to inclusion, 45 years of transformation in global mental health.💡🌍

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Reflections from 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇿🇦 South Africa, and 🇳🇱 Netherlands.
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🟣 Symposium: Searching for Salama: Trauma, Survival, and Mental Health in Cyclical Violence

When safety is out of reach, healing must begin where people already stand. 🕊️💬

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Powerful voices from 🇺🇸 USA/🇬🇹 Guatemala, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇿🇦 South Africa, and 🇬🇧 UK.
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Symposium: Prison Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Incarceration should not mean invisibility and should not be forgotten or overlooked.

📍Cape Town, South Africa
🗓10–12 November 2025

Insightful voices from 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇺🇸 USA, 🇳🇬 Nigeria, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, and 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Symposium: Climate Change & Mental Health in LMICs: Impacts and Adaptation Strategies

As the planet warms, so do our minds bear the heat🌍

📍 Cape Town, South Africa
🗓 10–12 November 2025

Featuring perspectives from 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇦🇺 Australia, and 🇹🇯 Tajikistan

#GMHSummit2025 #ClimateChange
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Symposium: Integrating Lived Experience Meaningfully and Authentically

Lived experience is leadership in action💬

From service users to service providers — empowerment, equity, and inclusion in practice.

🌍 Voices from 🇺🇸 USA | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 🇿🇦 South Africa

📍Cape Town, South Africa

🗓10–12 November 2025
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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📅 Media Accreditation

We invite #media representatives and #journalists to cover the 7th Global Mental Health Summit in #CapeTown 10-12 November 2025.

🔗 Media Accreditation Form
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October 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Communities can help close the mental health workforce gap by training peers, empowering non-clinical supporters, and valuing lived experience to deliver quality care.

What other roles can communities play in shaping the future of mental health care?

#MentalHealthWorkforce #ClosetheWorkforceGap
October 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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What if peer support was seen as a core workplace strategy, not an add-on?

Peer support reduces stigma, strengthens solidarity, and boosts performance. Embedding it creates cultures of care that lift entire teams.

#WorkplaceWellness #PeerSupport #MentalHealthAtWork
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Join us for a powerful two-part webinar series on The Power of Peer Support!

#PeerSupport #LivedExperience #GMHPN_Speakout #FreeWebinar
October 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Picture a mental health map that reveals who’s being reached, what’s effective, and where support is most needed.

Reliable data helps us direct resources, track impact, and close equity gaps, especially for those living with psychosis and beyond.

#MentalHealthSystems #MeasureWhatMatters
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
September 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
September 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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🎤Abstract presenter at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit!

📍Cape Town|10–12 November 2025

For more information, please visit: www.7thgmhsummit.org

#GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthSummit #CapeTown2025 #LivedExperience #SpeakerSpotlight #MentalHealthLeadership #Research #Coproduction #Wellbeing
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM