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Domestic violence occurs to people of all ages in nearly every country, especially during stay home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Women who experience domestic violence may experience short and long-term physical, emotional, and sexual health issues and a higher risk of developing various mental diseases. This paper aims to examine the existing legal framework for women's protection of their social rights against domestic violence and apparent forms of abuse towards the victims during the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on women's health. The analysis is based on a qualitative and descriptive cross-sectional analysis of the governing statutes, reported cases, and data gathered from the administrative authorities. For the comparative analysis, the research provides the reference of the analysis in Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. The study submitted that domestic violence has serious health consequences for the victim and significantly impedes civilisation's growth. Apart from that, the current legal system is poor at handling delicate crime that needs special care. Therefore, to curb the issue of domestic violence, we need a society that values and respects women's rights and dignity. Apart from that, the policies that forbid domestic violence should be created in each country over the world and focus more on providing facilities and services such as shelters for victims.
Violence Against Women Amidst Covid-19: Risewithin the Walls
A woman acts like a vibrant binding fabric in the society who selflessly plays variety of roles starting from being a noble mother, a loving daughter, a caring sister and a responsible wife. A lifetime of contributions made by her have not guaranteed her any respectful position in the society, rather she is still a victim of tyranny at the hands of man. It is often said that we reap what we sow and a recent example of such human misdeeds is the global outbreak of corona virus. The ferocious side of mother nature was seen when the virus infected lakhs of people in almost every country and has also resulted in the increase of violence, unemployment, financial losses, downfall of educational systems etc. It was also felt that as people got confined to their homes, the main care giver of the family (women) became subject to all the dominance and abuse within the four walls. The core of this study limits itself in inspecting the causes of increased domestic violence against women in India after the corona outbreak. The article also aims to explore the data related to women victims of domestic violence in India during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Korean Journal of Family Medicine
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an alarming increase in domestic violence against women owing to lockdown measures and limited access to support services. This article provides insights into the global prevalence of domestic violence, barriers to seeking help, its impact on women and children, and the best practices implemented worldwide. Domestic violence encompasses various forms of abuse; many young women experience partner violence. Barriers to seeking help include fear, financial constraints, lack of awareness of available services, and distrust among stakeholders. The consequences of domestic violence affect the mental health of both mothers and children. Countries have increased shelter funding and developed innovative protocols to reach survivors and address this issue. However, the healthcare sector's involvement in addressing domestic violence has been limited. This review advocates collaboration among healthcare institutions and government bodies. Key recommendations include utilizing telehealth services, implementing comprehensive training programs, establishing effective referral systems, enhancing health education, developing a domestic violence registry, improving the responses of law enforcement and justice systems through healthcare integration, promoting data sharing, and conducting further research. Healthcare systems should recognize domestic violence as a public health concern and detect, prevent, and intervene in cases to support survivors.
Gender oppression, domestic violence during Covid19 pandemic
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2022
Gender oppression and domestic violence both are socio culturally, politically interlinked and are the gauge of belligerent or violent behaviour. Consequently, fundamentally the idea of human sexuality is engrossed with alleged power and notion of confrontation which emerges obviously within this power controlled relations because amid encouragement and, retro uninterruptedly nearby is interstellar that space is our power to choose our response and in our response lies our growth and that growth is our freedom. In each bend of the world, women and girls endure facing depressing violence, methodical judgement and other grave human rights exploitation. They are compressed and slew in their hospices, craped in their populaces, raped and dehumanized in the war, turned away as migrants, starved of the exact to education and employment, besides are omitted from civic life and subjugated-merely as of their gender. The utmost significant of these two amendments is that if the sort masculinity was imaginary to stand in difference to sex in the 1960s to establish the shaped charm of the alliances of male and female, currently it is the mutual components of sex and gender that are measured to far more industrious. Subsequently the occurrence of COVID-19, developing data and intelligences from those on the anterior lines, has exposed that all kinds of violence against women and girls, chiefly domestic violence, has strengthened. Before COVID-19, a dissimilar pandemic was previously intimidating the exists and happiness of people everywhere the world: violence against women, impacting at least 1 in 3 women and teenagers. According to the UN Women Organization report,7 out of 10 women across the country have become the victim of domestic violence besides 3out of 5 have become the victim of sexual harassment. According to this report the common form is verbal abuse (50%), sexual harassment (40%), and physical abuse (36%). The major objectives of this study seeks to provide-violence against women has had an important influence on women's mental health throughout the pandemic; Socioeconomic factors show a major character in women's involvements of violence.
Gender and Violence in a Domestic Space During COVID-19 in India: Insights from Anthropology
Antrocom Journal of Anthropology, 2020
In the last few decades, gender issues have received importance from scholars across disciplines. The literature on the pathophysiology and epidemiology of domestic violence is extensive but an increase in domestic violence has led the academicians to seek epistemological answers from society. Further, the surge in domestic violence cases during the COVID-19 necessitated quarantine posed challenges for the government in terms of policy, governance and crisis management. In this view, the present article reviews the efficacy in implementation of fast track interventions during the lockdown period (March to August 2020) and their coherence in dealing with domestic violence at the micro and macro levels. The multifaceted aspects responsible for domestic violence have been discussed which have aggravated during the current pandemic. The paper analyzes the scope of the existing government strategies in intercepting violence against women especially during the management of the current crisis. The paper draws majorly from newspaper and government reports since research articles on the social impact of COVID-19 are limited. Studies based on theoretical frameworks from the discipline of anthropology can give an in-depth understanding of domestic violence in a varied sociocultural context, and reflect upon the structuration of gendered male-female relationships.
THE SHADOW PANDEMIC: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (Atena Editora)
THE SHADOW PANDEMIC: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (Atena Editora), 2023
According to the Maria da Penha Law, domestic violence against women consists of any action or omission based on gender that causes death, injury and physical, sexual or psychological suffering within the scope of the domestic unit, the family or any intimate relationship of affection. Under this bias, during the pandemic period, as a result of widespread orders to stay at home to curb the spread of Covid-19, women were forced to be isolated along with their potential aggressors. This way, we seek to analyze whether there was an intensification of gender violence, called Shadow Pandemic, during the pandemic. For this purpose, a literary review and documental analysis of official indexes made available by specialized institutes are used as a methodology. In this sense, according to administrative data from the police, telephone support lines for women victims of domestic violence and internet searches in several countries, violence against girls and women has intensified as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to UN Women research, 1 in 2 women know a female person who was a victim of domestic violence during the pandemic. It is therefore concluded that Covid-19 intensified a pre-existing crisis, revealing connections between violence, unemployment, financial tensions and food insecurity.
Home is where the Hurt is! The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Women in India
International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2020
The psychosocial impact of domestic violence with reference to the outbreak of COVID19 and the subsequent lockdown has increased anxiety and fear among women in India. A growing body of researches that has emerged during recent years across the world reveals that domestic violence is detrimental to women's health including their very survival. Similarly, past studies on impact of public health problems on women indicate that unequal gender relations and lack of control of women over their own bodies and lives make them more vulnerable to contracting the infection. This paper is based on a qualitative analysis of print, electronic and social media data, experiences of earlier researches and observations. It examines and highlights rise in cases of domestic violence faced by Indian women during the lockdown period from a social norm lens, its psychosocial impact on them and discusses possible measures to address these challenges. The findings of the study reveal that the pandemic and the lockdown have impacted Indian society significantly-socially, economically and health wise. In case of women, their domestic and household chores related responsibilities have increased substantially. The country has witnessed spike in reporting of the cases of domestic violence during the lockdown period indicating women's increased vulnerabilities at such critical time. The paper argues that this situation of women in India is due to the presence of myriad of beliefs, customs and prevailing social norms that are based on strong patriarchal mind set. The response of the State in terms of setting up of a special helpline number is not adequate as large number of women in India do not have awareness, accessibility, availability and affordability of means like personal mobile phone or landline telephone connections to contact these special helpline numbers. And even if they have it, they lack enough courage, inclination to do anything about it due to socialization and existing social norms. The existing services of the state to help women in need are functioning with limited resources and diverted attention to the pandemic. During the pandemic situation and lockdown the Government, State authorities and civil society organizations are more focused on relief work like economcic loss, availability of medical facilities and other basic necessities. Thus, addressing the issue of domestic violence has taken a backseat during the pandemic. The paper suggests consideration of domestic violence as a social disaster and inclusion of it in emergency services and disaster management programs of the state and civil society organisations.
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Gender violence on pandemic of COVID-19
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