Point out that lockdown due to new type coronavirus infection leads to `` increase in domestic violence ''



At the time of writing, more than 770,000 infected people and more than 37,000 deaths were

reported , the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is unaware that it will not stop, and going out is prohibited in cities around the world And ' city blockade ' (lockdown), which forced the closure of stores. However, ' blockades have increased the incidence of domestic violence (DV), ' the Guardian in a leading British newspaper reports.

Lockdowns around the world bring rise in domestic violence | Society | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/28/lockdowns-world-rise-domestic-violence

When China's Hubei Province, the source of COVID-19, was closed in February 2020, a county in Hubei Province had only 47 cases of DV during the year of 2019. It surged to 162 cases in two months. 'Urban blockade has had a huge impact on DV. According to our statistics, it has been 90% of the causes are related to the epidemic of COVID-19. '

It is not only in China that there is a trend of increasing DV due to city blockade. In Brazil, local media have reported that DVs are being reported to state-run counseling centers due to COVID-19 voluntary restraint. 'Dev reports have already increased by 40% to 50%. To address the difficulties we are facing right now, I said,' said Adriana Melo, a judge specializing in DV in Rio de Janeiro. Need to stay calm. '

In Italy, the number of calls to the helpline has dropped sharply since the blockade of the city, but the number of consultations via text messages and e-mail has soared. 'One of the messages sent was from a woman who was confined in a toilet and asked for help. It's definitely an emergency,' said Lella Palladino of EVA Cooperativa, a campaign to prevent violence against women in Italy. Women are desperate to be able to escape and run into shelters because of the city blockade's bans, ”she said. We expect the number of reports of abuse to increase explosively.

In Spain, which has been carrying out a particularly strict city blockade from March 14 `` Is fined against going home or banning business '', women often can not escape from their homes, so DV often worsens In the province of Valencia, deaths from DV have already occurred.



The increasing risk of DV for women and children as a result of urban blockades has required legislative or policy changes in many countries. Mandu Reed, the head of the Women's Equity Party in the United Kingdom, took measures to `` evoke DV perpetrators from their homes '' instead of `` protecting DV victims from their homes '' during the city blockade, He argues that the court costs of protection orders should also be waived.

Katrin Gering-Eckert, the German

Greens Party , told the German government that `` should have a home for women affected by DV, '' remodeling vacant hotels and guest houses, Has requested that a space be temporarily occupied.



'We are working to provide information 24 hours a day in Greece to protect women from DVs caused by urban blockades,' said Maria Sirenguela, Executive Director of Greek Family Policy and Gender Equality. The number of DV incidents will be officially announced, and if the true scale of the problem is known, the media, including television and social media, will also participate in appealing to society. I think things will get worse. '

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