Prevention : violence against women and girls & COVID-19
Prevention : violence against women and girls & COVID-19
UN Women
- UN Women, 2020
- electronic document (8 pages) ; PDF file
- EVAW COVID-19 briefs .
This brief provides background information on the root causes and risk factors that explain why violence against women occurs in the first place. It highlights how the context of COVID-19 is exacerbating those factors and the impact it is having on rates of violence against women and the ability to undertake evidence-based prevention work in the current context. It provides indicative interventions that can be undertaken during social distancing.
The brief draws from the prevention field and evidence-based frameworks. It is a living document that complements other briefs prepared by UN Women on COVID-19 and gender and ending violence against women. (From the website). Record #6636
COVID-19
CHILD ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PANDEMICS
PREVENTION
PRIMARY PREVENTION
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL
This brief provides background information on the root causes and risk factors that explain why violence against women occurs in the first place. It highlights how the context of COVID-19 is exacerbating those factors and the impact it is having on rates of violence against women and the ability to undertake evidence-based prevention work in the current context. It provides indicative interventions that can be undertaken during social distancing.
The brief draws from the prevention field and evidence-based frameworks. It is a living document that complements other briefs prepared by UN Women on COVID-19 and gender and ending violence against women. (From the website). Record #6636
COVID-19
CHILD ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
PANDEMICS
PREVENTION
PRIMARY PREVENTION
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL