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Domestic Violence Cases Surge During COVID-19 Epidemic
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Why the Coronavirus Outbreak Could Hit Women Hardest
March 24, 2020“When communities undergo additional stress – from disease, to drought, to their local football team losing a match – rates of violence rise.
,/p> Isolation and financial abuse are common features of domestic abuse relationships, which campaigners warn will only be further exacerbated during this pandemic. “The imposition of self-isolation can amplify the abuser’s ability to restrict women’s freedoms and leave them at heightened risk”