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100			_aPeterman, Amber _98951
245			_aPandemics and violence against women and children _cAmber Peterman, Alina Potts, Megan O’Donnell, Kelly Thompson, Niyati Shah, Sabine Oertelt-Prigione, and Nicole van Gelder
260			_bCenter for Global Development, _c2020
500			_aWorking Paper, 528, April 2020
520			_aTimes of economic uncertainty, civil unrest, and disaster are linked to a myriad of risk factors for increased violence against women and children (VAW/C). Pandemics are no exception. In fact, the regional or global nature and associated fear and uncertainty associated with pandemics provide an enabling environment that may exacerbate or spark diverse forms of violence. Understanding mechanisms underlying these dynamics are important for crafting policy and program responses to mitigate adverse effects. Based on existing published and grey literature, we document nine main (direct and indirect) pathways linking pandemics and VAW/C, through effects of (on): (1) economic insecurity and poverty-related stress, (2) quarantines and social isolation, (3) disaster and conflict-related unrest and instability, (4) exposure to exploitative relationships due to changing demographics, (5) reduced health service availability and access to first responders, (6) inability of women to temporarily escape abusive partners, (7) virus-specific sources of violence, (8) exposure to violence and coercion in response efforts, and (9) violence perpetrated against health care workers. We also suggest additional pathways with limited or anecdotal evidence likely to effect smaller subgroups. Based on these mechanisms, we suggest eight policy and program responses for action by governments, civil society, international and community-based organizations. Finally, as research linking pandemics directly to diverse forms of VAW/C is scarce, we lay out a research agenda comprising three main streams, to better (1) understand the magnitude of the problem, (2) elucidate mechanisms and linkages with other social and economic factors and (3) inform intervention and response options. We hope this paper can be used by researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to help inform further evidence generation and policy action while situating VAW/C within the broader need for intersectional gender- and feminist-informed pandemic response. (Authors' abstract). Record #6575
650			_aCHILD ABUSE _9103
650			_aCOVID-19 _98949
650			_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650			_aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _9431
650			_aPANDEMICS _98950
650			_aPUBLIC HEALTH _9480
650		0	_aVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN _93088
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
700			_aPotts, Alina _98952
700			_aO'Donnell, Megan _98953
700			_aThompson, Kelly _98954
700			_aShah, Niyati _98955
700			_aOertelt-Prigione, Sabine _98956
700			_avan Gelder, Nicole _98957
773	0		_tWorking Paper, 528, April 2020
830			_aWorking Paper _97529
856			_uhttps://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/pandemics-and-vawg-april2.pdf
856			_uhttps://www.cgdev.org/publication/pandemics-and-violence-against-women-and-children _zAccess the website
942			_2ddc _cBRIEFING