WHO Wants Better Mental Health Services for Women
November 19th, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline
The World Health Organization, in an effort to identify health issues in need of reform around the globe, has recently released a report on the state of women’s health, particularly in poor and middle-income countries. Citing broad instances of medical health issues such as death during childbirth, the report also notes that stigmas against women participating in mental health services results in a lowered ability of women to take good care of themselves and of their families. The report is hoped to contribute to global efforts to bring mental health accessibility to a larger audience and to focus on the particular needs of women.
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Women recieve a second-class treatment in most lower and middle-income countries when it comes to health facilities and this is because the health of the males is seen as something far greater than that of a woman and this wrong reception needs to change.
The needs of women across the world are so often ignored that it makes me and my wife both sick to our stomachs to think about the way that they are treated in other countries. Some even feel that they are treated poorly here what with the glass ceiling and pay discrepancies, but then I look at the toorture they have to endure elsewhere and it makes me thankful for where I live. I just don’t get how men in other places see them as lower than second class citizens even- that makes me angry. These are our mothers, our sisters, our wives. How can we in good faith as a community of nations continue to let so many be treated this unfairly?
We all know that women have less of a chance to access adequate healthcare than men do. I just wonder why it took so long for WHO to finally to see this as a problem and to step in to try to make improvements. I suppose it is better late than never but think of how many lives could have been saved in the past had people stepped in to care sooner.