12/12/2025
This year’s theme calls for urgent action, and nowhere is this need more acute than among the most vulnerable members of our society: women in conflict-affected areas and those in detention.
DG3 implements two projects that address improving access to services in these two areas: Health for Reme and the Peka Prison Project
In Cameroon, women fleeing conflict face not just physical insecurity, but profound psychological trauma and crippling barriers to care. Similarly, women in prison are a highly vulnerable population, often with pre-existing mental health challenges that are exacerbated by the systemic neglect of their physical and mental wellbeing.
These projects are driven by the conviction that mental health care is a non-negotiable human right, especially in times of crisis.
Our program’s services offer more than just facilitated access. They provide a safe and confidential community where women, who may feel isolated and forgotten whether internally displaced or not can feel truly seen and accompanied in their journeys and experiences.
Peka Prison Project advocates for the provision of vital mental and physical health services to women in detention, and serves a dual purpose. It addresses immediate needs while simultaneously highlighting the dire lack of such integrated services in our national medical system. This neglect is a silent emergency that our government must confront.
We call for a shift in service delivery:
We must embrace the innovation of incorporating mental health services effectively into our medical system at all levels. Furthermore, a robust national policy that legally facilitates the right to accessible, quality mental health services for all, ensuring that mental wellbeing is a pillar of our public health infrastructure, not an afterthought.
On this World Mental Health Day, join us in raising these advocacies.
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