Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

“... Some reports suggest an increase in suicide among Afghan women and girls. In a March 2023 survey, 48% of respondents indicated knowing at least one woman or girl who had suffered from anxiety or depression since August 2021, and, alarmingly, 8% of respondents indicated knowing a woman or girl who had attempted suicide.” (pg. 36, para 3)

Countries: Albania
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

“Mental health problems, nihilistic beliefs, domestic violence, and in recent years blackmail with intimate videos or photos in the online media have been the main factors in increasing the number of suicides in Albania.” (para 1)

Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"An estimated 2.1 million people aged over 16 in England and Wales have experienced some form of domestic abuse… Three women also take their own lives each week, unable to see a way out" (para 3-5).

Countries: Algeria
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

“Algerian society is somewhat religious…suicide can pose a threat to its religious pillars and values.” “The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights has identified several factors contributing to suicide rates, including the influence of social media platforms, adverse social and economic conditions, and psychological distress, such as strained emotional relationships and familial insecurity. Algerian specialists have also highlighted unemployment and academic setbacks as significant contributors to this phenomenon.” (para 2-3)

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

“As Afghan women see their hard-won freedoms to study, work and even to leave their homes wrenched away by the Taliban, growing numbers are choosing to take their own lives out of desperation and hopelessness…” (para 5).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1, SUICIDE-DATA-1

"'Over the past four years, suicides among Afghan girls and women have increased. The main reason is these inhumane punishments imposed by the Taliban,' Gul [an Afhgan human rights activist] said" (para 30).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"Last month, a report by the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan assessed the dire situation facing girls and women in Afghanistan. 'Many [girls now denied a secondary education] are driven to psychological distress, including suicidal thoughts and actions'" (para 23).

Countries: Guyana
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1, SUICIDE-DATA-1

"Gender-based violence contributes greatly to suicide rates, which is the second highest in the world in Guyana" (para 6).

Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: LRCM-PRACTICE-2, LRCM-DATA-2, SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1, SUICIDE-DATA-1

"In another case, a 16 year old girl committed suicide two years after she reported that her step-father had raped her. In her suicide note, she wrote 'nobody believes me'" (6).

Countries: Morocco
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"A 30-year-old woman told Human Rights Watch in 2015 that when she found out she was pregnant outside of wedlock, she attempted to abort it herself and even attempted suicide" (4).

Countries: Lesotho
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"Lesotho is also one of the few countries where more women commit suicide than men. According to 2019 figures from World Bank, the rate in women was 30.1 out of 100,000. High rates of violence could be one reason for this. According to UNAIDS, one in three women and girls in the country were abused by an intimate partner in 2020" (para 21-22).

Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"Domestic legislation, including the Criminal Code, establishes criminal liability for certain forms of domestic violence: murder (article 104), incitement to suicide (article 109), grievous and medium bodily harm (articles 110 and 111), battery (article 116), torture (article 117), coercion of women to perform abortions (article 124), rape (article 138), sexual assault (article 139), coercion to perform sexual acts (article 140), sexual intercourse and other actions of a sexual nature with a juvenile under 16 years of age (article 141), indecent assault (article 142), sexual intercourse, other actions of a sexual nature or indecent assault with abuse of feelings and religious beliefs (article 142.1). A parent who involves his or her...more

Countries: Sudan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"The make-shift displacement camp she lives in is getting cold as winter takes hold. The bone-chilling experiences survived by the women and girls around her makes life even colder. 'I know 36 women my age who have been raped, sexually harassed and beaten,' she [Dr. Shaza] says. 'As people fled the village, some girls jumped into the Nile to commit suicide - I know four of them personally.' Reports of women killing themselves to avoid rape circulated online as the RSF ambushed town after town in eastern Al Jazira" (p. 9-12). "'After beating us, they locked us in the room and raped our cousins,' one young man from the Al...more

Countries: Australia
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1, MURDER-PRACTICE-2

"A 2018 Senate inquiry into dowry abuse heard it had resulted in violence, extortion and a spate of suicides and murders" (para 19).

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1

"The film crew found some women had committed suicide by setting themselves on fire or drinking bleach to escape domestic violence after the Taliban, which swept back into power in September last year" (para 30).