Hi friends. First, let me start with a huge thank you to everyone who marked World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September. Whether you lit a candle, joined Move for Life, hosted an event or started a conversation in your community, you helped carry the message that suicide is preventable […]
Rethinking Responses After Suicide: A Workshop at ESSSB21
The Europe region of the Partnerships for Life Global Initiative to Prevent Suicide has recently taken on more content-oriented activities focused on specific areas of national suicide prevention strategies. As part of this work, a pre-conference workshop titled Rethinking Needs and Responses After Suicide, Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, or Suicide […]
Building Priorities for Suicide Prevention in the Pacific
Members of Partnerships for Life – Global Initiative to Prevent Suicide convened for three workshops at the IASP Asia Pacific Regional Forum in Fiji in September to strengthen collaboration and advance suicide prevention across the Pacific. The three-session programme allowed members to connect, share experiences, and consider how regional collaboration […]
Papageno Media Awards for Suicide Prevention
World Suicide Prevention Day, observed annually on 10 September, provides an opportunity to highlight initiatives that strengthen responsible communication about suicide and promote hope and help-seeking. Among these are the Papageno Media Awards, which recognise journalists and media professionals whose reporting follows evidence-based principles of suicide prevention and demonstrates how […]
Bursary Applications Now Open for the IASP 34th World Congress
We are pleased to open applications for the IASP 34th World Congress bursary opportunities. The bursaries are a key objective of IASPs Congresses that aim to ensure participation of participants across varied contexts. The opportunities supports early-career researchers, people with lived and living experience, and colleagues from low and middle-income […]
From Grassroots to Policy – The Case for Kosovo
Since the recognition of our country’s independence in 2008, Kosovo has always lacked policies on suicide prevention (aside from closed institutions, such as prisons). Despite our long history of trauma, no laws or strategies had ever been developed to tackle the problem of suicide. In fact, Kosovo does not have […]
President’s Message
As August begins, our attention across the IASP community turns firmly towards September and to World Suicide Prevention Day; a day when the global suicide prevention community comes together, and when the work so many of you do quietly and consistently throughout the year becomes visible to the wider world. […]
Global Update from Partnerships for Life
Partnerships for Life: Global Initiative to Prevent Suicide is IASP’s flagship programme, working to build an international collaboration of experts that supports comprehensive, strategic approaches to suicide prevention at the national level. Operating worldwide, reflecting WHO regional structures, the initiative brings together research, situational analysis of national suicide prevention plans […]
IASP Launches Move for Life for World Suicide Prevention Day
For more than a decade, Cycle Around the Globe has brought people together from across the world to raise awareness of suicide prevention through physical activity. Since launching thirteen years ago, thousands of participants have cycled in support of a shared goal, starting conversations that can save lives. This year, we’re excited to announce the […]
