On a global scale, 1 in 3 women experience physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime,
and women of disadvantaged backgrounds are at an even higher risk. Since the outbreak of …

We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence in 11 countries with
different ex-ante incidence of domestic violence (DV) and lockdown intensity. We use a …

Purpose While there is available scholarship in the Global North on DV victimization and
perpetration during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a dearth of similar scholarship in the …

This study aimed to better understand the factors driving reported trends in domestic
violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the effect of the pandemic on survivors' …

As many as one in three women report having ever experienced domestic violence (DV) at
some stage in their lives (Garcia-Moreno et al., 2006), which makes DV one of the most …

We empirically investigate the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on domestic violence using
incident-level data on both domestic-related calls for service and crime reports of domestic …

Recent studies estimate that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly increases reports of
domestic violence in several countries. Using mobile device tracking data, city-level …

Almost as soon as the SARS-CoV-2, novel coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic began to
affect communities around the world, concerns were raised about the “shadow pandemic” of …

In contrast to widespread concerns that COVID-19 lockdowns have substantially increased
the incidence of domestic violence, research based on police-recorded crimes or calls-for …

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious global public health problem that becomes
aggravated during public health emergencies that involve quarantine measures. It is …