Last year in September the United States of America spent a month in outcry over the suicides of numerous teenagers due to bullying of LGTB or suspected LGTB youth. While this in itself is not a new issue, the number of deaths that were reported made national headlines and brought the topic into a forum for a national debate on bullying and what preventive steps can be taken.
Yet while the USA was making quiet a bit of noise about it New Zealand stayed fairly quiet on the subject, despite having the second highest suicide rate of youth per capita, aged from 15-24 worldwide with Finland having the highest. So where is our outcry? Where is New Zealand’s version of the “It Gets Better Project”?
With this blog I want to look at starting a discussion on New Zealand’s suicide rate and what we can do to prevent it and why there appears to be a lack of media attention to the topic.
I look forward (sort of because it's quite a heavy subject isn't it :( ) to hearing more of your thoughts :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a good topic, looking forwards to hearing more from you.
ReplyDeleteI love the It gets better project. when i first heard about it, i had the same question as you do. I definately think that nz should take part in the project too. really looking forward to see more. love this topic.
ReplyDeleteWow I didn't know that youth suicide was the second highest here in New Zealand. I find your topic very interesting and I really look forward to reading more when you finish it !
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