New Zealand: majority of callers to new sexual harm helpline are teenage girls

Safe to talk He pai ki te korero has received more than 1,200 phone calls in its first month of operation

A nationwide sexual harm helpline in New Zealand has received more than 1,200 phone calls in its first month of operation; the majority of them teenage girls aged 13-19.

Safe to talk He pai ki te korero offers 24-hour free counselling via telephone, text message, web chat or email, having been launched by the ministry of social development on 1 June in the wake of the #metoo movement.

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