Australian Human Rights Commission Information for List of Issues on Australia, 29 September 2017 higher proportion of female deaths occurring among those 15 to 19 years of age.30 25. Young mothers are an at-risk group who frequently experience negative consequences such as poverty and long term welfare dependency, 31 poor emotional health and wellbeing,32 and inability to complete study or gain secure employment.33 The National Children’s Commissioner is currently examining this issue. Issues for consideration in the LOI:  Information on national efforts to understand and address the increasing rate of suicide in women and girls.  Information on national action to support, and improve outcomes for, young mothers and their children. 4 26. Medical interventions involving intersex women and girls (CEDAW Articles 2, 5) The Commission is concerned that women born with intersex variations remain subject to medically unnecessary medical interventions in circumstances where they are unable to provide full and informed consent.34 The Commission notes that the Senate Community Affairs Committee conducted an inquiry into the involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia in 2013.35 The Commission remains concerned that many of the recommendations have not been implemented; particularly at the state and territory level. Issues for consideration in the LOI:  5 Information on legal and policy protections to prevent medically unnecessary and/or harmful medical interventions on women and girls born with intersex variations. Discrimination faced by Muslim women (CEDAW Articles 1-3) 27. Australian research has continued to find that Muslim women are frequent targets of bigotry and discrimination because of their visibility with the Islamic headscarf. They are particularly vulnerable when unaccompanied, with children or pregnant at the time of the incident.36 28. An earlier report by the Commission in 2003, Isma — Listen: National consultations on eliminating prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australians, also found that people readily identifiable as Muslim because of their dress or appearance were particular targets of racist violence and abuse. Muslim women who wear the hijab, niqab or chador have been especially at risk.37 Women identified as Muslim by their dress were especially afraid of being abused or attacked in public. Many restricted their movements in public, spending much more time inside their homes.38 7