Established in 2001 to improve the mental health of women throughout the world, the International Association for Women’s Mental Health is a Not for Profit, Non-Governmental Organization.

The Association’s purposes are:

• To create a network of national and international societies and sections (hereinafter called “Societies and Sections”), devoted to mental health of women.

Through international collaboration and networks, to promote research into:

• The social, economic, ethical, legal, cultural, psychological and biological factors, which affect Women’s Mental Health.
• Women’s roles in marriage, family and society, and the effects on mental health.
• The causes, effects and elimination of domestic violence and abuse of women.
• The causes, treatment and prevention of mental diseases or disorders that are specific, more prevalent, more severe or have different risk factors or outcomes in women.
• Gender-specific effects of treatment.
• Basic sciences pertinent to gender difference and female biology.