What’s Current: Suicide attempts among teenage girls increased 50 per cent amid pandemic isolation

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  • Hospital admissions for teenage girls who have attempted suicide increased 50 per cent across the United States between 2019 and 2021.
  • The whereabouts of six women’s rights activists in Afghanistan who have gone missing are still unknown, according to the UN.
  • A convicted killer on trial in France for the murder of an eight-year-old girl was allowed to view pornography featuring teen girls while in prison. One former girlfriend told the court how he had uploaded an explicit video of her to a porn site without her consent.
  • An investigation into London’s Metropolitan police force revealed shocking messages exchanged over WhatsApp. The officers joked about raping women, including co-workers, and female officers were told to “play the game or stay quiet”.
Genevieve Gluck

Genevieve Gluck is a writer and advocate for women's sex-based rights and creator of Women's Voices, an audio library dedicated to bringing awareness to feminist texts and speeches.