One Big Thing: Are women more at risk of violence due the COVID-19 outbreak?
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What is it?
In times public heath crises like the COVID-19 outbreak, women have been significantly more at risk. Around the world, the burden of caregiving more often than not falls on women in the household and in healthcare professions.
On top of this, gender-based violence (GBV) has seen a global spike as quarantine restrictions force many women to “lockdown” with their abusers. During the Ebola outbreak, similar trends occurred to women and girls in West Africa where social distancing practices were enforced.