Adult Education as A Culturally Safe Space: Supporting the Mental Well-Being of Middle Eastern Migrant Women in London

Author(s)	Ozlem Isik
Country	United Kingdom
Abstract	This article focuses on adult education as a means of interaction that is culturally safe to promote the mental health of Middle Eastern migrant women in London. The current literature on migrant mental health dwells on clinical services, which are usually received as stigmatising or culturally inappropriate. The article utilizes the research on migration, gender, and adult education to create a conceptual framework that regards support as a gradual process of relational instead of clinical interventions. The model focuses on routine, trust, non-clinical environment, and silence as a culturally significant response to distress and dignity maintenance. The study presented how emotional needs can be identified without disclosure and medical labelling in the case of ESOL and community learning centres. The article concluded that adult education can be a mediating space that can widen the understanding of the well-being of migrant women and provide practical recommendations to educators and policymakers.
Keywords	mental well-being, Middle Eastern migrant women, adult education, culturally safe support, silence and stigma
Field	Sociology > Education
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-27
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.69584

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