QV Woman is built for women to discuss issues, good and bad. As much as we'd all like to talk only about uplifting things and positive things, there are some not very pleasant either. And here is one. But this was something worth flagging.
That women are primary caregivers for children and older people, do most domestic work etc. are things we know. Reports have been coming in during these Covid times on how women are more stressed, how women are twice as likely to get fired, cases of domestic abuse have increased and so on. But a recent report from Japan says women are disproportionately at higher risk of suicide and if these numbers and report is to be believed, it is quite unnerving. And it is not hard to believe this is a worldwide thing, though the actual rates of death may vary.
What can we do to better our situation? To live life to the fullest, warts and all? How can we build a framework that is both supportive and flexible to allow for trying times? Read the article and comment...Thank you #CNN for bringing this to our notice.
(It is a bit of a read, but well worth your time. Please be aware that not everything can be expressed perfectly in 140 characters or less!)
#preventsuicides #heforshe #suicideprevention #womenhelpingwomen #staypositive #talktosomeone #suicideisnottheanswer
The International Association for Suicide Prevention can be accessed here.
Befrienders Worldwide can be accessed here.
Suicide.org gives more information about hotlines for several countries.
This is very upsetting indeed and clap clap to QV WOMAN for highlighting this. As @vibgyor71 says, I felt very upset too and as someone who cries easily, the tears came quick and fast!! But crying does not solve anything, but how can we help this situation? Sometimes, even when we think we are helping, we are not...
What we need is open conversation is what many say, but I think, what we need is solution- like paid day care, or bosses who don't fire us for being late and put us on "improvement plans" but ask us why we are consistently late...we all know that other than some situations like in hospitals or when there is an actual fire, most situations are not major emergencies. So why can't we just set more realistic deadlines and goals?
And another question is, how can we make everyone part of this conversation- not just women but men, women, maybe kids, the older generation (who has seen a lot of ups and downs...)
As usual, we throw more questions and no solutions, but at least we are talking about it...