Mental health needs exacerbated under COVID; how are they being met by civil society organizations?
Women especially have been hard hit, as they occupy positions in the labor market that have been subjected to severe cuts, particularly In retail and service industries. Add to this the responsibilities of taking care of children out of school or daycare, household, and often the older generation and there is no time left for taking care of their own needs.
How are civil society organizations helping to meet these challenges, while at the same time perhaps themselves under financial stress? We have gathered a panel of representatives of some of our partner organizations working with these issues. We invite organizations and individual women entrepreneurs in the field to submit comments and join us to share information, ideas and inspiration among fellow activists!
Dr. Joanne Ahola, moderator; Medical Director Emeritus of the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights and Co-Author of the UN document known as the Istanbul Protocol.
Dawn Diaz, Milagros Day Worldwide
Dr. Luisa Ortiz Pérez , Vita-Activa
Eileen Moran, YouCanThrive
Vivian Kurutz, Harlem Wellness Center
Ivy Woolf-Turk, Project Liberation
Dr. Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, Center for Migration Gender and Justice
Ryme Katkhouda, FarikBeirut
Alberto Botero, Thinking in Images
Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and a consulting psychiatrist at Hetrick Martin Institute for LGBTQ Youth.
Recording of event is available on YouTube, please click above! Thank you to panelists and participants!