The Shadow Pandemic

The Shadow Pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19

One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a human rights ...

Measuring the shadow pandemic: Violence against women during ...

Emerging data from a new UN Women study confirms that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a shadow pandemic of violence against women.

The Shadow Pandemic: Violence Against Women and Girls

This is now termed the “Shadow Pandemic”: the increasing rates of violence against women and children since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. According to the ...

'Shadow pandemic' of domestic violence - Harvard Gazette

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine said that domestic violence cases increased by 25 to 33 percent globally. The National Commission on ...

ending violence against women in the aftermath of COVID-19 ...

Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in gender-based violence (GBV), which has been dubbed a “shadow pandemic”. Violence ...

combatting violence against women and girls in the COVID-19 crisis

“shadow pandemic” , the organization, which supports 150 civil society organizations in 71 countries and territories, says that gender-based ...

Responding to the Shadow Pandemic: Taking stock of gender ...

Governments' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have had devastating effects on women and girls. Gender-Based Violence is a problem of human-rights, ...

Shadow Pandemic: How Widespread Is Violence Against Women?

Two in three women aged 15 and older worldwide -- representing about 1.7 billion women -- said domestic violence is a widespread problem in their country.

The Shadow Pandemic: How the COVID-19 Crisis is Exacerbating ...

This shadow pandemic can be seen in a spike in domestic violence as girls and women are sheltering-in-place with their abusers.

HeForShe Champions Address The “Shadow Pandemic” of Gender ...

(New York, 2 June 2020) With most countries still in lockdown and millions sheltering in place, quarantine and isolation policies are exacerbating ...

The shadow pandemic: violence against women during COVID-19

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"COVID-19, the Shadow Pandemic, and Access to Justice for ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has co-existed alongside a far less visible “shadow pandemic” of violence against women, with COVID-19 impacting the number and ...

The Shadow Pandemic: Addressing gender-based violence during ...

Violence against women has long been recognized as a global epidemic, and the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly escalated threats to women's safety, ...

The Shadow Pandemic: Domestic violence in the wake of COVID-19

A deadly #ShadowPandemic of domestic violence is surging in the wake of #COVID19. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, violence against women and ...

Tackling a “Shadow Pandemic” of Gender-Based Violence

Gender-based violence spiked globally during the pandemic. In the Middle East and North Africa, feminist groups stepped up to aid women ...

Violence against women has worsened due to COVID-19 pandemic

A new report released last week by UN Women highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's safety at home and in public spaces.

Countering the 'shadow pandemic' of gender-based violence

Reported cases of physical and sexual violence against women and girls dramatically increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Shadow Pandemic: | Population Institute

As COVID-19 cases continue to stress communities around the world, a dark shadow pandemic has intensified. Addressing violence against women and girls must be ...

The “shadow pandemic”: what's in a narrative? - UNGEI

Whether on Twitter, online, in the news, you may have heard the term “shadow pandemic”, to describe the growing rates of violence against ...

Facing the Shadow Pandemic: Correlation and Trend Analyses of ...

Results: The number of calls correlated with the daily number of cases, swabs, deaths, hospitalizations, dismissions, intensive care unit hospitalizations, and ...