Arrows For Change articles from December 1 2001

Arrows For Change archives from December 1 2001

Women's well-being: reframing mental health.
December 1, 2001... Women need to have control of their lives in order to be physically and mentally healthy. Poverty, gender power relations, gender discrimination and violence against women as the main social determinants of women's mental health have reduced...

Planning gender-sensitive community interventions in India. (Programme).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Facing the fact that mental health professionals in India are gender-biased or gender-blind in their work, Bapu Trust for Research on Mind and Discourse, a national-level mental health advocacy organisation in Pune held a workshop to address...

Empowering women through feminist counselling in the Philippines. (Service).
December 1, 2001... Since 1989, the Women's Crisis Centre (WCC), a non-profit non-government organisation in the Philippines, has been providing holistic services to women survivors of gender-based violence. It started as a response to the needs of women survivors...

In recent years there has been an increased need for gender-based data to plan and implement gender-sensitive development programmes. (India).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... * In recent years there has been an increased need for gender-based data to plan and implement gender-sensitive development programmes. At present, conventional data sources do not have the comprehensive framework to generate gender-based data....

A training programme on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Convention) was held from 19 to 22 December 2001 in Mumbai. (India).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... * A training programme on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Convention) was held from 19 to 22 December 2001 in Mumbai. Adopted by the UN General Assembly on 19 December 1979, the Convention...

In June 1995, the Federation of Family Planning Associations, Malaysia (FFPAM), a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), adopted a policy statement on gender equity, which states, "FFPAM shall strive to uphold gender equity and equality in its policies, structure, programmes and operations". (Malaysia).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... * In June 1995, the Federation of Family Planning Associations, Malaysia (FFPAM), a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), adopted a policy statement on gender equity, which states, "FFPAM shall strive to uphold...

Each year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is celebrated all over the world from November 25 until December 10 to raise people's awareness of all forms of violence against women in their communities. (Malaysia).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... * Each year, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is celebrated all over the world from November 25 until December 10 to raise people's awareness of all forms of violence against women in their communities. In line with this, a local...

From the Information and Documentation Centre. (Resources).
December 1, 2001... Astbury, Jill. 2000. Women's Mental Health: An Evidence Based Review. Geneva: Mental Health Determinants and Populations, Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, WHO. 121p. This evidence-based review reappraises the status of...

Definitions.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Community-based Care Any type of care, supervision and rehabilitation of mental patients outside the hospital by health and social workers based in the community. Source: WHO. 2001. Atlas--Mental Health Resources In The World 2001....

Indicators of women's mental health and well-being. (Factfile).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Nearly 450 million of the world's six billion people suffer from serious disabling mental health problems globally, which represents five of the ten leading causes of disability worldwide--and these are depression, alcohol use, schizophrenia,...