DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DURING PANDEMIC COVID-19: AN INSIGHT

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in reports of sexual and domestic abuse against women and children across the globe. Isolation, restricted movement and stay-at-home measures trap family members together. The probability that women and their children may experience violence has significantly increased as spending more time together leads to an increase household stress, and the risk even greater when families must additionally deal with possible financial or employment losses. In light of the fact that the number of cases of domestic violence and abuse is increasing at a rate comparable to covid-19, some of the experts considered this outbreak as a "shadow pandemic." The public can be effectively shielded from the contagious COVID-19 by implementing lockdown orders but since they are trapped with their perpetrators, it is a nightmare for domestic violence victims