China One Child Policy Results in High Female Suicide Rate

China One Child Policy Results in High Female Suicide Rate | LifeNews.com: According to the World Bank and the World Health Organization, there were approximately 500 female suicides per day in 2009. . . . Many observers believed that violence against women and girls, discrimination in education and employment, the traditional preference for male children, birth-limitation policies, and other societal factors contributed to the high female suicide rate. Women in rural areas, where the suicide rate for women was three to four times higher than for men, were especially vulnerable.

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