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.