Dear all this is good news, but friend sin the group and those working on issue of mental health should be part if the survey as in planning.
We should all write to Maneka Gandhi for a participatory process in finalising the survey and involving people working on mental health issues. It will be good if we cans end her an open letter on this best kamayani On 20/04/2015, The Desi DISpatch <[email protected]> wrote: > 19-Apr-2015 > New Delhi: The government has commissioned a survey to determine the > condition of women who are abandoned by their family members in mental > asylums to deprive them of property rights. > The Women and Child Development Ministry has asked National Commission for > Women (NCW) to do a survey on the number of women in mental institutions > despite being normal. > "I have asked NCW to give me a report on how many women are in asylums when > they don't need to be. There is a belief that many women are forced into > mental asylums when their husbands die and they have property," Women and > Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi told PTI. > "The family conspires to remove them in order to grab their property and the > women are forced into mental asylums even when they are normal. So we want > to check this out through our survey," the minister said. > The first of its kind survey being done by the government since Independence > would enquire into the lives of women in mental care institutions, including > their physical well-being, hygiene and emotional care. > It would also closely monitor such asylums as they too become party to the > crime in many cases, said sources in the NCW. > The sources informed there have been complaints about women forced into > institutions and coerced into taking medication for mental disorders when > they needed none. > The survey is on top of the priority list of the minister, though, it comes > under the purview of social justice and empowerment. > As per 2011 census estimates, around 1.5 million people, which is 0.1 per > cent of the population, suffer from intellectual disabilities, while 7.2 > lakh have psychosocial disabilities such as schizophrenia or bipolar > condition. > According to World Health Organisation's Mental Health Atlas of 2011, the > government spends a mere 0.06 per cent of its health budget on mental care > and there are around 3,500 psychiatrists, amounting to one for every > 3,43,000 people, in comparison to the US which has one for every 12,837 > people. > http://ibnlive.in.com/news/survey-to-find-out-condition-of-women-in-mental-asylums/540748-3.html > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (Reform) India" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/MhaReformIndia?hl=en > ------------- > Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA > [email protected] > Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights > etc > [email protected] > India-specific news and views related to mental health > [email protected] > Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues > [email protected] > Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social > learning amongst peers > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Mental Health Advocacy (Reform) India" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist Hey folks, coined this term " Kracktivism ", check out my blog *http://www.kractivist.org/kracktivism-2/ <http://www.kractivist.org/kracktivism-2/>* Blog for girl child- http://fassmumbai.wordpress.com/ Blog for Kashmir -http://kashmirsolidaritymumbai.wordpress.com/ Blog for KKM defence Committee- http://kabirkalamanch.wordpress.com https://twitter.com/#!/Kracktivist https://www.facebook.com/kamayani *I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal....... 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