by Elisabeth McElderry | Jan 22, 2021 | Blogs, Peace & Security
To commemorate the TPNW entry into force, one of Medact’s long-standing members, Dr. Elisabeth McElderry, takes us through the years, describing the very active role health workers’ have taken in anti-nuclear and peace campaigning.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Jan 19, 2021 | Events, Actions, Online, Peace & Security
This Friday 22nd January, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is entering into international law! 🕊️ This is a big step toward the total elimination of nuclear weapons. ⚖️ The Treaty means that all nuclear weapons activity will be illegal under... by Medact | Jan 13, 2021 | Events, External, Online, Peace & Security
Our friends at Musicians for Peace and Disarmament have organised a sequence of short musical performances to mark and to celebrate the coming into international law of UN’s Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. They will be joined by guest speaker Dr. Tilman Ruff.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Dec 21, 2020 | Events, Meetings, Online, Peace & Security
An online meeting to discuss the ways that health workers can take action on issues related to the Prevent duty in the NHS.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Nov 27, 2020 | Events, Launches, Meetings, Online, Peace & Security
Join a meeting to strategise about how the health community can encourage UK cities and towns to support the Nuclear Ban Treaty.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Nov 6, 2020 | Events, Meetings, Online, Peace & Security
An online meeting to discuss the ways that health workers can take action on issues related to the Prevent duty in the NHS.
by Aiyan Maharasingam | Oct 28, 2020 | Peace & Security
Dr Harun Khan writes in the Huffington Post about racial disparities in healthcare and mentions the findings of our report on the impacts of Prevent Duty in the NHS.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Oct 25, 2020 | Blogs, Headlines, Peace & Security
This blog outlines the implications of the imminent entry into force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty, and calls for more to join the movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
by Thusiyan Nandakumar | Oct 16, 2020 | Blogs, Headlines, Peace & Security
Medact member Dr. Thusiyan Nandakumar outlines Sri Lanka’s militarised response to the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that it is entrenching institutionalised discrimination in the country.
by Aiyan Maharasingam | Sep 28, 2020 | Peace & Security
Our Research Manager, Dr Hilary Aked, wrote for Red Pepper Magazine, shedding light upon the implementation & impacts of the Prevent counter-extremism policy on mental health services.
by Reem Abu-Hayyeh | Sep 24, 2020 | Events, Meetings, Online, Peace & Security
An online meeting to discuss the ways that health workers can take action on issues related to the Prevent duty in the NHS.
by Medact Membership | Sep 21, 2020 | Peace & Security
The Securitisation of Health Group is a new group that works together toward a shift in how the concept of ‘security’ is viewed, politically and within society, to centre individual and collective health and well-being.