With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of a surge in domestic violence
Bastien Gambaudo, young member of the neighbourhood association The Committee of Old Nice, brings grocery bags to an old woman as he offers grocery shopping assistance to the elderly and isolated people living in the old city of Nice, during a lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease in France, March 26, 2020.
But the stress caused by social isolation is exacerbating tensions and increasing "the risk of domestic and sexual violence against women and children", the association warns.On top of the stress caused by confinement, fears around job security and financial difficulties are also increasing the likelihood of conflicts.
In China, which is slowly emerging from several weeks of total lockdown, the women's rights organisation Weiping has reported a threefold increase in reports of violence against women. Decisions to shut down schools, sports clubs and youth centres are important to curb the spread of the virus and prevent hospitals from being overrun, acknowledges Rainer Rettinger, who heads a German child protection association."Now violence, too, has been confined. That's what we're afraid of," says Martine Brousse, head of Parisian organisation La Voix de l'Enfant .
"Women have called us and told us they are experiencing violence at home. They are asking: Where can I go?" says Canan Gullu, from Turkey's federation of women's organisations.
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