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The conundrum of Tajikistan’s female suicides

Self-harm is so taboo that there is limited public discussion about how to tackle it. Jumagul Nosirova, 60, cannot shake the image of her seven-year-old grandchild, Ziyoviddin, waving to her as he left home and saying: “Bye-bye granny.” Some hours later, one evening in July 2015, he and his two sisters, six-year-old Mahina and five-year-old Omina, would be dead. They were… Read more »