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    Infertility And Mental Health – A Tangled Connection

    Chitrita Sengupta Chaki, Shreya Kaveri Ghosh / November 6, 2022

    In India, infertility is not just a physiological disease but also a societal stigma that leads to the development of severe mental health issues. People relate infertility with the bad karma of the women’s past life or blame it on her lifestyle including late night work, social drinking, wearing high heels, career orientation, being careless of…

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  • Impact Of Climate Change On Women Mental Health
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    Impact Of Climate Change On Women’s Mental Health

    Chitrita Sengupta Chaki / February 22, 2022

      Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Climate change is not just changing our weather; its consequences are a daily reality for millions of people around the world. The consequences of climate change on exposed biological subjects, as well as on vulnerable societies, are a concern for the entire scientific community.…

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  • MENSTRUATION MYTHS and Facts
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    Myths and Facts About Menstruation

    Chitrita Sengupta Chaki / December 12, 2021

    Menstruation taboos and stigma, which restrict girls and women from leading a normal life or participating in family and school,  are severely debilitating and oppressive for women. Stigma combined with lack of access to sanitary products and proper knowledge on managing periods put girls and women at a disadvantage and are contraindicative to achieving gender equality.…

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  • Menstruation Stigma And Mental Health- A Silent Connection
    Menstruation Equity,  Mental Health

    Menstruation Stigma And Mental Health- A Silent Connection

    Chitrita Sengupta Chaki / December 6, 2021

      Menstruation Let us start by defining Menstruation as the periodic discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus, from puberty until menopause. It is a necessary biological function experienced by half of the population. It is similar to other biological functions such as sleeping, breathing, urinating and so on. Menstruation: Stigma And Taboos  Despite roughly…

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  • Stigma and mental health impact of divorce on women
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    Stigma And Mental Health Impact Of Divorce On Women: A Nigerian Perspective

    Amaka Elochukwu / August 2, 2021

    Divorce refers to the termination of a marriage or a marital union. Divorce usually involves the cancellation or reorganization of a person’s legal duties and responsibilities which were extended to him/her through marriage. In most countries, divorce is required by law so as to allow the former partner to marry another person [Gilman, Kawachi, Fitzmaurice &…

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    Women’s Mental Health: There is No Shame in Caring About YOU Enough

    Allyson Gott / July 17, 2021

    Women’s mental health is a topic that is surrounded by stigmas and uncomfortable taboos. Mental health in general is something that is often taken for granted or is ignored completely. This happens even more when discussing women’s mental health because of the scrutiny the female gender is often placed under. This article will focus on women’s…

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  • The Burden of Unpaid Care on Women, the burden of domestic work, household work
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    The Burden of Unpaid Care on Women

    Abi Richards / June 21, 2021

    According to the OECD Development Centre, it is estimated that across the globe, women carry out two to ten times more unpaid care than men. This unwritten expectation that women should carry out these tasks is long-standing. Gender stereotypes and norms have become deeply entrenched in society’s psyche. This article examines the burden of unpaid care…

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  • Empowering Survivors Domestic Abuse
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    Empowering Survivors Of Domestic Abuse

    Amaka Elochukwu / April 10, 2021

    Domestic abuse or violence is a pattern of threatening behavior, violence or abuse (psychological, stalking, physical, harassment, online or digital abuse, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality. Domestic violence can be a single act or a pattern of controlling and toxic…

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  • Widowhood Practices In Nigeria
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    Widowhood Practices In Nigeria And Abuse Of Women’s Right

    Amaka Elochukwu / March 29, 2021

    In many cultures, widowhood in women is considered a stigma, and widows as inauspicious. Various tribes and cultures in Nigeria have diverse ways of practicing rites pertaining to burial, but traditions are particularly hard on women. Culturally widowhood burial rites involve varying degrees of physical hardship, deprivation, ritual contamination, emotional instability, and socioeconomic and psychological trauma.…

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    Kirsten Helgeson: Founder of Just A Girl

    Rights of Equality / December 23, 2020

    Kirsten Helgeson is a social change strategist and advocate, who is using tech to drive mental health and women’s empowerment efforts globally. Kirsten believes in active compassion, creativity, and connection- that if we want to make the world a better place, we have to start by building authentic, honest relationships. With that goal, Kirsten founded Just…

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