THE BIG RONA LEADING TO THE RISE OF “INTIMATE TERRORISM”
When the home is not safe.
Post by: Siri Kota
According to a recent survey
conducted by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), a Bangladeshi local Human Rights organisation interviewed around 17,000 women and children and found out that
848 women were tortured physically, 2,008 mentally, 85 sexually, 1,308 faced
financial restrictions from their husbands. The survey also revealed that 4
women were raped, 1 killed and 20 women were sexually assaulted in April 2020.
The World Health Organisation (WHO)
has also said that due to lockdown where people are encouraged to stay home, there
is likely an increase in domestic violence cases against women and children.
The United Nations called on
April 12, 2020, for an urgent action to combat the worldwide gush in domestic
violence. “I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as they respond
to the pandemic” The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres wrote on Twitter.
In the Hubei province of China,
the domestic violence cases have been tripled compared to the previous year.
From 47 cases in February 2019 to 162 cases in February 2020. Lele a 26-year
old woman from Anhui province, China was beaten up by her husband with an iron
chair while holding their 11 months old daughter. Lele was previously abused by
her husband for 6 years and tried reaching out for help, but the husband would
get to know and abuse her even more. But, the COVID lockdown has made it far
worse as she has no glimpse of hope to help her escape from this.
There was a pattern here,
Singapore showed a 33% rise in domestic violence, Brazil – 40% increase,
Australia – 40% increase, Italy – 13.6% increase, France – 30% increase, Spain
– 18% increase and Cyprus – 30% increase. New reports published by the UK has shown
25% increase and the USA reported a 35% increase in domestic violence cases.
In India, the initial signs of the problem was first reported by the National Commission of Women (NCW) in mid-April which suggested that there was a 100% increase in domestic violence during the lockdown.
Many activists believe that the statistics might not be showing the real extent of the problem, as most of these complaints, are through emails and a WhatsApp number, where many women do not have access to.
While the police and authorities
are concentrated on the lockdown, many families have taken this as an advantage
to marry off their young daughters (minors) as a mean to “reduce the burden” on
them. And those young girls usually do not have the means to escape this or
contact the police or other helplines due to the lockdown.
If it is
you who has gone through or is going through this, please remember that there
are people who believe in you and are willing to help you. Anyone going through
domestic violence can dial:
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India - Police helpline: 100
Women’s
helpline: 181 or
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Germany -
National Women’s helpline: 08000 116016
The United Kingdom –
National domestic violence helpline: 0808 2000 247
France –
Violences Femmes Info: 3919
United Arab Emirates – Dubai Foundation for Women and Children: 800111
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DeleteVery true observations Siri Kota. This domestic abuse needs to be condemned and stopped
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DeleteExcellent work & Good info.
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DeleteHopefully, crimes can be decreased. Economic situations need to be improved.
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