ALT Image of text, character limit means it doesn’t all fit but full post is on our Facebook page Anyone can be affected by mental health difficulties, but it’s also important to recognise where discrimination leads to certain communities being disproportionately affected so the underlying causes can be addressed, and the most vulnerable communities helped. Gender is a major factor affecting mental health, as traditional gender norms constrain and harm people of all genders. Women continue to face a disproportionate burden of unpaid work as carers, with half of women becoming carers by age 46 - a decade earlier than men. Throughout their day to day lives, women face high rates of harassment in the street and in education and workplaces, which can have a heavy emotional toll. Transgender men, women, and non-binary people face intense discrimination for simply existing and as a result experience mental illness at an extremely high rate Reached character limit, full post is on our Facebook

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