MadresUP: Empowering Resilient Motherhood of Migrant, Refugee and Roma Women for their Psychosocial Wellbeing
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On Thursday, October 9, the event “Promoting Active Compassion towards Migrant Realities through the Multisensory Method” will take place at the Centro de Iniciativas Culturales of the University of Seville (CICUS) and at the Faculty of Psychology. The event seeks to promote active compassion towards diverse migratory realities through the...
From July 23rd to 25th, the city of Lisbon hosted the European Community Psychology Association (ECPA) Conference 2025, under the theme “Building Community Strength in Uncertain Times.” This international gathering brought together researchers, professionals, and activists to reflect on the crucial role of Community Psychology in a global context marked...
From the CESPYD research group, we joined the II Andalusian Forum on Cuidadanía on May 23rd and 24th —a space for dialogue and action promoted by the Aliadas por la Cuidadanía platform— where groups and individuals from different fields came together to reflect on the present and future of rights...
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Reference: Martinez-Damia, S., Paloma, V., Luesia, J. F., Marta, E., & Marzana, D. (2023). Community participation and subjective wellbeing among the immigrant population in Northern Italy: An analysis of mediators. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12652 Abstract: Community participation can be a potential strategy to increase the degree of the subjective wellbeing of immigrants within receiving societies....
Reference: Aceros, J.C., Duque, T. & Paloma, V. (2023). El activismo en las migrantes trabajadoras del hogar: Estudio cualitativo en el sur de España. Estudios Fronterizos, 24, e116. https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2305116 Abstract: Domestic work is an oppressive occupational niche for migrant women. The strategies domestic workers employ to resist this situation have...