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Latest items for MISA-PRACTICE-1

Jan. 4, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"[A] Tripartite Advisory on Mental Well-Being at Workplaces was issued in 2020 to offer guidance to employers on supporting their employees’ mental well-being" (5). This extends to caregivers many of whom are women balancing work and home responsibilities (MV-coder comment).
Nov. 6, 2023, 11:49 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"In 2015, China formulated the National Mental Health Workplan (2015–2020), which set out tasks to protect and promote women’s mental health" (24). Women's mental health seems to be more important than the mental health of males (MV-coder comment).
Nov. 3, 2023, 11:41 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

“Only after the #MeToo movement did Ana find the strength to seek help. She went to a support centre for victims of crime, but they wanted evidence before agreeing to help her. She made her case to the doctor, who told her she was delusional and denied the support. 'It was heartbreaking. I couldn't understand how a doctor running a support centre wouldn't help me,' she says. 'I felt like I was trapped in a dark room with no exit.' A few months later she tried to kill herself” (para 22-23). Women with depressive symptoms are told that they are delusional and are denied support (ET - CODER COMMENT). “Then...more
Sept. 30, 2023, 4 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee commends the State party for enacting a strong legal framework for health protection and its considerable progress in the reduction of maternal mortality. However, it is concerned about the following: (d) The limited accessibility of and the limited counselling provided in health centres for young people" (p.14).
Aug. 8, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Countries: Bulgaria
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"[The state does not ensure] that efficient independent complaints mechanisms are introduced for women living in psychiatric and mental health institutions and social protection centres and that all deaths and cases of abuse and ill-treatment are effectively investigated and sanctioned, with the establishment of criminal liability, where appropriate" (7).
April 1, 2023, 9:26 p.m.
Countries: Uzbekistan
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"Considerable attention has been paid in Uzbekistan to improving public administration of the health-care system, fundamentally changing the attitude of medical institutions to patients and creating a modern innovative model for providing medical services to the population. Measures have been taken to improve the activities of the Ministry of Health and develop the private sector and traditional medicine. Presidential decisions were adopted, including...radically improving the system of psychiatric care (16 March 2018) and on emergency medical services (16 October 2018). In 2019, the presidential decisions adopted included such issues as the framework for the development of the mental health-care service for 2019–2025 (13 February 2019)..." (27).
March 31, 2023, 2:31 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1, MISA-PRACTICE-2

"[There is] inadequate mental health services for women, including addiction treatments" (12).
March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"One-stop service centres [established by the Government] provides victims of sexual violence, mainly victims of rape a package of services consisting of medical and psychological treatment, legal support and shelter. The Centre served victims of sexual violence in the respective areas including women and children, and persons with disabilities" (5).
Jan. 12, 2023, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"Loneliness, purposelessness, mental health factors and lack of outside support are just some of the reasons these women find themselves living out the remainder of their days behind bars." (para 6).
Jan. 12, 2023, 8:01 p.m.
Countries: Nicaragua
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"Reproductive rights and information on sexual health were non-existent…[']There was no healthcare[']…"(para 4-5) (NF - CODER COMMENT - The lack of access of any type of health care implies that additional health services such as mental health and pre and post natal care may not have been provided to women).
Dec. 28, 2022, 9:20 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"[Women] who survive sexual violence are much more likely to have a recent diagnosis of depression, or anxiety, high levels of financial stress, and worse physical and mental health" (para 11).
June 14, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"In 2017, a larger share of women (15.5 percent) than men (10.9 percent) suffered from poor self-rated mental health. Of women aged 16–24, 23.8 percent had a poor self-rated mental health. With the aim of improving mental health, the Government established a National Stress Panel and a Youth Panel. The purpose was to initiate a debate and raise attention regarding mental health and stress, especially among young people, and how self-perception of the youth can be improved. The Youth Panel focused on themes as gender, sexuality and boundaries. The National Stress Panel has inter alia discussed the culture of perfection and how to prevent such a culture causing stress especially...more
June 7, 2022, 10:47 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"A post-disaster women’s development fund has been established to provide financial support to women who want to start their own businesses. The mental health of women in disaster-affected areas has been a focus of attention, as is evidenced by the establishment of women’s psychological rehabilitation clinics and Child-friendly Spaces. For instance, the number of projects for women in Wenchuan implemented by women’s federations has reached 128" (12).
March 9, 2022, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"...the Commission on Women’s Health (established in 2006), ...submitted...the so-called 'Action Plan for the Health of Women and Children', whose guidelines is now being implemented [include] Women with addictions caused by physical and mental diseases. It concerns old women who suffer an addiction and have to rely on other people to carry on; and women, whose will depends on substances, such as smoking, alcoholism, drug addiction...and...Women and post-partum depression. They are those being victims of a pathology, which represents another risk profiles recently identified which may also trigger serious health consequences on the child (In this regard, it is worth-recalling some projects developed at the regional level, such as the...more
March 3, 2022, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"Emotional control could prove even harder to substantiate, especially in a country where open discussion of mental health can still carry a stigma. Guo Jing, a feminist activist from Wuhan, noted that psychologists are rarely admitted as expert witnesses in Chinese courts, and that judges might be skeptical of claims of depression or other mental health conditions" (Para. 23).
Oct. 15, 2021, 9:09 a.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1, SUICIDE-DATA-1

"Women interviewed for the report described how their guardians denied them permission to drive, travel, study, work or marry someone of their own choosing. Some spoke of how this had affected their mental health, contributing to self-harm, depression, stress and suicidal thoughts" (para 5).
July 23, 2021, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Tanzania
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"They are urging President Suluhu to ensure provision of psycho-social support for teenage mothers and pregnant girls" (Para 15).
July 9, 2021, noon
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"The gym has survived, tucked away in a windowless basement inside a locked compound, shielded from prying eyes. It is the latest addition to the Khadija Kubra Women’s Association, run by Ms. Durani with her father’s help since 2004. It includes a radio station, English and literacy classes for women, an Islamic school and a seamstress center that sells clothing made by women[...]She added: “The club is as much for women’s mental health as their physical health. Almost every woman who comes here is depressed"(para 6,9).
April 26, 2021, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"...the Commission on Women’s Health (established in 2006), ...submitted...the so-called 'Action Plan for the Health of Women and Children', whose guidelines is now being implemented [include] Women with addictions caused by physical and mental diseases. It concerns old women who suffer an addiction and have to rely on other people to carry on; and women, whose will depends on substances, such as smoking, alcoholism, drug addiction...and...Women and post-partum depression. They are those being victims of a pathology, which represents another risk profiles recently identified which may also trigger serious health consequences on the child (In this regard, it is worth-recalling some projects developed at the regional level, such as the...more
April 22, 2021, 6:30 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-3, MISA-PRACTICE-1

"'The bill promotes the right to privacy and the right to consent. When you look at patients who have mental health disorders, a lot of times, decisions are made for them. We are not just going to make decisions for people about their bodies just because they have mental health conditions'" (para 13).
Feb. 9, 2021, 1:59 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1, MISA-DATA-1

"Psychologists in hospitals across Sicily say they are witnessing a growing mental health crisis in these women among Nigerians who have been persuaded to leave their traffickers by the authorities or NGOs. At the Vittorio Emanuele hospital in Catania, 20 Nigerian women are being treated by the psychiatric department – double the number last year. 'These women, who are brought to us by our emergency staff, have been abused, they have been raped, imprisoned and blackmailed. Some of them are as young as 12,' says Dr Aldo Virgilio. He says that 80% of those coming to the outpatient clinic are asylum seekers. 'Already this year we have seen 80 cases...more
Feb. 7, 2021, 10 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

In an ethnographic study conducted in Dhaka, Bangladesh, according to medical workers interviewed "there is no protocol on how to educate women on postpartum depression, identify if a woman is depressed, counsel her if she is known to be depressed, or refer her to appropriate mental health care." (pg 17). Additionally, "almost half of the medical personnel interviewed said that they did not take postpartum depression seriously and did not consider it to be a health concern that they should address." (pg 16).
Feb. 5, 2021, 6 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-3, MISA-PRACTICE-1

“The Committee, bearing in mind the large number of Rohingya women and girls who are victims of conflict-related violence and that in most cases such violence leads to disabilities, both visible, such as physical or sensory disabilities, and invisible conditions, such as psychosocial disabilities, as a result of mental illness, including post-traumatic disorder, is concerned about the lack of information on the measures taken by the State party to identify cases of acquired disability among Rohingya women and girls and to ensure their rehabilitation” (pp. 12).
Feb. 4, 2021, 2:06 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"The Committee urges the State party...To establish, without delay, one-stop crisis centres providing women and girls who are victims of violence and rape with free and immediate access to medical attention, psychological counselling, legal aid, shelters and other support services" (3-4).
Jan. 31, 2021, 3:04 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"Australia's funding of long-term disability support was reformed in July 2013 with the launch of the NDIS. The roll out of the NDIS has exposed gaps in the provision of disability support services and health care systems. Not all people with disability can access the NDIS, and support services report that people are experiencing stress, delay and disadvantage due to rollout issues. Women with psychosocial disability have difficulty accessing the NDIS. The NDIS is designed to cover approximately 64,000 people with psychosocial disability. It is not designed to cover the estimated 690,000 Australians who live with severe mental health problems. Mental health support services are reducing their services due to...more
Jan. 30, 2021, 8:45 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"She felt 'tired for about a week, lost my memories and felt depressed' after being administered a cocktail of drugs while imprisoned in 2017, she said. After several months, she was released, having been diagnosed as mentally ill, and now lives in the United States. Doctors there later told her she had been sterilized" (para 7-8).
Dec. 23, 2020, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"Mobility restrictions isolate women socially, and make them lonely without support and guidance; ‘We have nobody to share our feelings and experiences with’. Lack of autonomy causes hopelessness. Absence of knowledge about puberty makes girls ashamed of physical and sexual changes; ‘Menarche’ is an abrupt and upsetting incident for us’. Lack of knowledge and skills to protect themselves from sexual harassment makes them fragile and weak. Early marriage and consequent loss of freedom worries them. Sexual harassment and being blamed for that causes continuous fear. Over work, lack of appreciation and exposure to all kinds of abuses leads to frustration that ends up in anxiety and stress and in extreme...more
Sept. 29, 2020, 4:13 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"On September 1, Saluhddin Ayubi in Rahim Yar Khan district, Punjab was arrested for robbing a cash machine and soon died in custody. His family claimed Ayubi, who had a mental health condition, had been tortured to death by the police. A forensic report subsequently corroborated the torture claims" (para 27). "In June 2019, Pakistan's Supreme Court halted the execution of Ghulam Abbas, a prisoner with a psychosocial disability who had spent more than 13 years on death row" (para 31).
Sept. 27, 2020, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Armenia
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"Armenia's legislation allows for adults with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities to be deprived of legal capacity, or the right to make decisions, and does not envisage any supported decision-making mechanisms" (para 12).
Sept. 23, 2020, 9:40 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MISA-PRACTICE-1

"In March, a Serang court sentenced Aisyah Tusalamah, who has a psychosocial disability, to five months' imprisonment for posting an allegedly blasphemous video. Police detained Suzethe Margareta, who has paranoid schizophrenia, for bringing her dog to a mosque in Bogor in June" (para 5). "Despite a 1977 government ban on the practice, people with psychosocial disabilities continue to be shackled by family members, traditional healers, and staff in state institutions, in some cases for years. Due to prevalent stigma and inadequate support services, including mental health care, more than 57,000 Indonesians with psychosocial disabilities (mental health conditions) have been chained or locked in a confined space at least once in...more