Behind the Scenes/ Parde ke peeche Saumya Malhotra

I take a deeper dive into topics discussed with Anas in the last episode. 

Listen to Anas tell his story about how he experienced mental health care during his college years and what transpired after he left the institutional setting. We talk about community awareness, labels, and quality therapy for those without access! 

Continuing the conversation with Shivangi from last episode, we focus on some quick facts and contextual analyses that can help relate Shivangi's story in the larger socio-political context of India.

Shivangi shares her story and struggles with accessing quality mental health care. She highlights important pitfalls in the mental health care system in India, and discusses what we can do to make it better for those who are struggling. 

In a report on gender equality in the non-profit sector in india, published by Institute of Social Studies Trust, it is stated that despite india’s economic growth, patriarchal binaries continue to define the workplace. The total female labor force participation in India is on 29% (world bank 2010). Moreover, women tend to earn 25 percent less than men in the formal sector in India (2013) and the estimates for the informal sector can only be assumed worse. The non profit sector, which is often perceived as the “domain of women” in India shows UNDERREPRESENTATION of women when it came to managerial positions and above. In the majority of the organisations (50% of the surveyed) women constituted more than 50% of the workforce. However, the find it difficult to provide many of the facilities because of financial constraints.

Let’s tune in and listen to her psychiatrist’s diagnosis and a short socio-cultural analysis.

Violence against children includes all forms of violence against people under 18 years old. For infants and younger children, violence mainly involves child maltreatment (i.e. physical, sexual and emotional abuse and neglect) at the hands of parents and other authority figures. Boys and girls are at equal risk of physical and emotional abuse and neglect, and girls are at greater risk of sexual abuse. As children reach adolescence, peer violence and intimate partner violence, in addition to child maltreatment, become highly prevalent.
Violence against children can be prevented. Preventing and responding to violence against children requires that efforts systematically address risk and protective factors at all four interrelated levels of risk (individual, relationship, community, society).

This is the last episode of the first season of Behind the Scenes!

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