From a "Culture of Unwellness" to Sustainable Advocacy: Organizational Responses to Mental Health Risks in the Human Rights Field

Authors

Margaret Satterthwaite, New York University School of LawFollow
Sarah Knuckey, Columbia Law SchoolFollow
Ria Singh Sawhney
Katie Wightman, New York University School of LawFollow
Rohini Bagrodia, The New School for Social Research
Adam Brown, The New School for Social ResearchFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

This Article presents findings from a qualitative study of how individual human rights advocates perceive well-being and mental health issues within the human rights field, and how human rights organizations in all regions of the world are responding to well-being concerns. The findings are based on an analysis of 110 interviews, which include advocates at 70 human rights organizations from 35 countries and more than three dozen experts; surveys of organizational policies and practices; desk research concerning well-being and mental health; and the experiences of the coauthors working as human rights practitioners with non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”) around the world.

Disciplines

Human Rights Law | Law | Public Administration | Public Policy

Recommended Citation

Margaret Satterthwaite, Sarah Knuckey, Ria Singh Sawhney, Katie Wightman, Rohini Bagrodia & Adam Brown, From a "Culture of Unwellness" to Sustainable Advocacy: Organizational Responses to Mental Health Risks in the Human Rights Field, 28 S. Cal. Rev. L. & Soc. Just. 443 (2019).
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