From Policy to Grassroots: Why Youth Lived Experience Must Anchor Global Mental Health Governance

By Mohamed Osman and Shruti Bora

Global mental health systems increasingly recognise the importance of lived experience, but recognition alone is not enough. In this article, Mohamed Osman and Shruti Bora explore why youth lived experience must be centred in governance, research, and funding decisions, and what it will take to turn commitments to inclusion into lasting structural change.

Statement on the Democratic Rights of Youth

Generation Mental Health

A call for the global mental health sector to recognise that mental health cannot be separated from the political realities young people face. This statement condemns state violence and repression against young people exercising their democratic rights and launches a collaborative effort to build a youth-led agenda for action, solidarity and accountability.