By Wendy Denty | Project Leader
Thank you to all of you who have supported us so far. Your support is so appreciated and makes such a difference to the work that we do.
The corona virus is upon us all now and it is now impacting all of our lives to a lesser or greater degree.
Some people are unhappy about self isolation as it disrupts normal life. For victims of Domestic Abuse this is something that will impact them in a very negative way.
The following article was published on the 14th March.
“With women and couples self-isolating, there is certainly a higher risk of domestic abuse occurring,” Rebecca Hitchen, campaigns manager at the End Violence Against Women Coalition told HuffPost UK. “The many ramifications of the outbreak may also mean that women and their children could find it even harder to access safety and specialist support.”
These secondary effects of the pandemic are already being experienced in China, with activists reporting a surge in cases of domestic abuse as a result of the lockdown. Wan Fei, a retired police officer who now runs an anti-domestic violence nonprofit organisation in Jingzhou, Hubei, said the number of cases has almost doubled since the quarantine began. “The epidemic has had a huge impact on domestic violence,” the activist said. “According to our statistics, 90% of the causes of violence are related to the Covid-19 epidemic.”
Thank you again for your support.
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