SOURCE: Canadian Women's Health Network Magazine
DATE: March 13, 2007
EXCERPT: "In May 2006, the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, chaired by Senator Kirby, released a new three-year study on mental health, mental illness and addiction in Canada. Out of the Shadows at Last reveals massive gaps in Canadian mental health care which aggravate illness and offload care to families—particularly women. ... Yet despite the mounting evidence – as well as Canada’s many commitments to using Gender-Based Analysis (GBA) in policy and program development – federal health studies somehow remain gender-blind. Out of the Shadows is no exception. Its inattention to differences in women and men’s bodies and social conditions leaves little hope that its proposed solutions will address women’s mental health needs." more
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