During 2015-16, Sama conducted an exploratory research in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to understand the contributing factors to mental ill-health among young women as well as their experiences of accessing mental health care and other support that they required. This is a report of the research. Continue reading
The International People’s Health University (IPHU) of the People’s Health Movement (PHM) – jointly with PHM-Bangladesh, Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Third World Network, and SAMA Resource Group for Women and Health with Naripokkho – condcuted “THE STRUGGLE FOR HEALTH”- a short training course for… Continue reading
Sama organised a meeting to share its research findings on young women’s mental health issues and deliberate on emerging issues from the research and discussing it further within larger debates and discourses. Titled Interrogating Interruptions: Exploring Young Women’s Mental Health… Continue reading
Amrita and Kalyani from Sama presented a paper titled Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Mental Well being: Narratives of Young Women from Rural India (2016) under the subtheme- Sexual and Reproductive Health at Achutha Menon Centre Public Health Conference (AMCCON)… Continue reading
Kalyani Badola, Amrita Gupta, Ruchi Bhargava | The Wire |16 December 2016 The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2013 has received a lot of attention since it was passed by the Rajya Sabha in August this year. In the Bill, provisions like decriminalisation… Continue reading
The fieldwork commenced in January 2016 in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan and in February in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. Field visits to the study sites were done where fieldwork included FGDs with women in the community; In-Depth Interviews with… Continue reading
