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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 30: Protesters wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus, seen during a gender based violence protest outside parliament on June 30, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa's president stated that the country now faces two pandemics, COVID-19 and the violence against women and children that has risen sharply since alcohol sales were allowed again on June 1. President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a national address that 21 women and children have been killed since the start of the month. (Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

New wave of COVID 19 worsens the ‘shadow pandemic’ of domestic violence

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The lockdowns triggered by the latest wave of COVID 19 infections is expected to worsen the ‘shadow pandemic’ of family and domestic violence. The U.N. is predicting a 20% rise of intimate partner violence, which translates to an additional 15 million cases. 

A global group of NGO’s this week held an international virtual summit on domestic and family violence in the COVID-19 era, to look at the extent of the problem, and how best to help people trapped in this ‘shadow pandemic’.

Guest: 

Dr Yael Danieli – clinical psychologist and expert on intergenerational trauma; conference convenor and Chair of the Working Group on COVID-19 and Domestic and Family Violence for the NGO Alliance on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.