Quarantine brings an increase in Domestic Violence

Activists are also worried the so many of the victims are not even able to report or ask for help as their partners are always around and thus, they may not have access to phones or connecting devices. According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, economic strains, unemployment, and other external factors can lead to situations that can be more problematic for the victims.

The abuser use power and tools to take control of the victims. The tools may include a health emergency like COVID-19 where people are advised to follow ‘social-distancing’.
Experts say that the cases of domestic violence go up when families are come together like in times of vacations, etc. according to experts, the government should have seen this possibility because this isn’t something new.

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres wrote on Twitter, “I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as they respond to the pandemic”.
In Anhui Province, in eastern China, a woman named Lele complained about how she and her partner got into more and more arguments in this lockdown. After which one day her husband started beating her with a high chair.