The “Big Survey”: Decolonisation, Development and the First Wave of NGO Expansion in Africa After 1945

Cullen, Poppy; McCorriston, Steve; Thompson, Andrew S.

doi:10.1080/07075332.2021.1976810

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“…Despite the need for mental health services across communities worldwide, treatment disparities persist because the current approach to delivering these services has been Western-oriented and fails to embrace cultural contexts and integrate local practitioners (Tay et al, 2019;Tefera, 2022). This approach not only fails to leverage the practices, knowledge, and beliefs of local communities, which leads to apprehension about treatment, but the imposition of a Western-based approach is also seen as an extension of colonialism (Cullen et al, 2021). To narrow these treatment disparities, public health and humanitarian experts have been encouraged to examine how the delivery of mental health services can be more responsive to local sociocultural contexts.…”

Section: About 42% Of the Individuals Coping With Mental Illnesses In...mentioning

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Decolonising mental health interventions in the humanitarian system

Hillel

2023

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Mental health is an increasing concern around the world, but there is a substantial gap between Western and non-Western countries in terms of access to quality mental healthcare. To help close this gap and improve the delivery of mental health and psychosocial support services (MHPSS), the UN’s 2016 Grand Bargain declared a new approach of prioritising the localisation of these services. This paper examines the effects of the Grand Bargain on the localisation of mental health and psychosocial support services in non-Western countries, as a means to decolonise mental health. An outcome evaluation was carried out to measure the amount of funding received by local and national agencies that provide MHPSS services in less economically developed countries. All data was gathered from the UN Financing Track System (FTS) and looked at financial contributions over time in six humanitarian sectors: health; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); gender-based violence; nutrition; protection, and shelter. The results show that local and national agencies received only 3% of international donors' MHPSS-related humanitarian funding between 2017 and 2021. Most localised MHPSS-related funding is driven by country-based pooled funds, with Middle Eastern countries as the primary beneficiaries, and localised MHPSS funding predominantly went to the health, WASH, and protection sectors. The study found limited localisation of MHPSS services in less economically developed countries, and a limited focus on community capacity building through associated humanitarian sectors. Based on this study, it is recommended that humanitarians should advocate for increased localisation and culturally competent practices in the MHPSS space.

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Section: About 42% Of the Individuals Coping With Mental Illnesses In...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Decolonising mental health interventions in the humanitarian system

Hillel

2023

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Decolonising (feminist) knowledge and practice

Narayanaswamy,

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Gender & Development

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The role of non-governmental organization in the growth of animation in Ghana: Girls in Animation as social innovation

Dadzie

2024

Animation Practice, Process &Amp; Production

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Steadily gaining grounds as a professional practice, several associations have emerged aiming to cooperate in terms of financing and skills support for independent animation production. Such corporations have created benefits for practitioners such access to growing pool of talented artist and increasing access to technology. Yet still, the participation and visibility of women have consistently been low or non-existent. Even though the participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the agenda for social change has championed women empowerment for decades, Girls in Animation (GIA), is the only Indigenous NGO that has ever emerged to cater for the needs of women practising animation. Using a cases study approach, this study explores GIA and examines the concept of social innovation adopted by GIA in its purpose to effect change in promoting and supporting female animators.

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The “Big Survey”: Decolonisation, Development and the First Wave of NGO Expansion in Africa After 1945

Cited by 4 publications

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Decolonising mental health interventions in the humanitarian system

Decolonising mental health interventions in the humanitarian system

Decolonising (feminist) knowledge and practice

The role of non-governmental organization in the growth of animation in Ghana: Girls in Animation as social innovation

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