UN urges govts to protect women during virus lockdown

Growing economic and social pressures have fuelled a surge in domestic violence. FMTNews Virus Lockdown

Guterres wants emergency warning systems in place ‘for women to seek support, without alerting their abusers’.

“Violence is not confined to the battlefield,” said Guterres in a statement and a video released in multiple languages, reminiscent of his call for a ceasefire in conflicts worldwide to face the Covid-19 pandemic. “Over the past weeks as economic and social pressures and fear have grown, we have seen a horrifying global surge in domestic violence.

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