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mental health

empty table and chairs in an office_mental health at work
June 7, 2023
Mental health at work: What needs to change?
Raj Mariwala, director at Mariwala Health Initiative, and Santrupt Misra, director of Group HR at Aditya Birla Group, discuss how workplaces can impact an employee's mental well-being, and why both organisations and individuals must take responsibility of prioritising mental health in the workplace.
by India Development Review | 6 min read
Two people buying medicines from a medical store_transgender healthcare
May 23, 2023
Are trans people’s healthcare needs being met?
Sensitising healthcare providers to the needs of the trans community may help address the neglect they have long faced from India’s public healthcare system.
by Ajinkya Deshmukh | 6 min read
a teacher teaching school children
May 17, 2023
How can teachers’ well-being be promoted?
Teachers' working hours are grossly underestimated and their emotional labour and administrative duties remain unaccounted. To promote their well-being, this invisible labour needs to be seen as work.
by Amrita Nair, Shruti Prasad | 7 min read
four women standing with solar panels in their hand_women and climate change
May 16, 2023
Women can accelerate climate action
While women are already playing a crucial role in adapting to the devastating effects of climate change, they also have the potential to drive mitigation efforts.
by Halima Ansari, Smarinita Shetty | 9 min read
ground-up-series-img
April 20, 2023
Memories of floods, erosion, and displacement
by Olimpika Oja | 2 min read
man in a wheelchair with a dog on a flooded road--persons with disability
March 15, 2023
Weathering the storm: Disability, climate change, mental health
Advocacy to consider climate change as a human rights issue is incomplete unless interlinked with disability rights and mental health.
by Candice D'souza | 5 min read
A man riding a rickshaw with a yellow graffitied wall in the background that says justice-denotified tribes
January 13, 2023
Mental justice: Addressing the mental health of de-notified tribes
De-notified tribes face discrimination and injustice and lack access to welfare schemes. Their mental well-being cannot be seen in isolation from these struggles.
by Deepa Pawar | 7 min read
a village in assam under lockdown during covid-19-mental health
November 16, 2022
Post COVID-19, a mental health crisis is brewing in Assam
Variations in culture and terrain at the last mile make mental health support challenging in the state.
by Saloni Meghani, Smarinita Shetty | 6 min read
A woman sitting in a room with doors open_mental healthcare in India fails marginalised people
October 14, 2022
Mental healthcare in India fails marginalised people
Therapists in India often see care seekers as separate from their social world. A study shows why this approach doesn’t work and suggests alternatives.
by Anugraha Raman | 5 min read
Close up of various Indian newspapers-suicide prevention
September 8, 2022
The media must recognise the power it has in preventing suicide
Despite overwhelming evidence that media reports can either strengthen or undermine suicide prevention efforts, the quality of suicide reporting in India continues to remain poor. What needs to change?
by Tanaya Jagtiani | 7 min read
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