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‘Despair is settling in’: female suicides on rise in Taliban’s Afghanistan
(www.theguardian.com)
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Of how much overall? It's hard to judge the problem without knowing the numbers. This article isn't helpful
I found another article that gives a few numbers.
Thank you. I would think Lemmy of all places would encourage critical thinking instead of just going along with a news headline.
two thirds are still two thirds - whether that's 3 people out of 4 or 750.000 out of 1.000.000. And given that
I think the numbers are really worrying.
Especially if you consider that in the rest of the world the majority of successful suicides are from males. It takes a lot of disparity to bring it to those numbers.
Not to be callus, but if 3 people commit suicide it isn't news. Or at least, its not international news.
Dude, they're saying it's worrying if 3 out of every 4 people who commit suicide are women
Without the total number, it could literally be 3 people for all I know. Not that I don't feel for the women in this situation.
In another reply someone quoted a better article that said ~100 suicide attempts. That's all I was asking for
Do you think it's going to be significantly less than in other places? What would be the reason for that?
I agree that absolute numbers would be very helpful, but stating and sharing trends can definitely be helpful. Not being able to verify them is a problem though.