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As the COVID-19 pandemic ran rampant in our society, a second pandemic of domestic violence filled the homes of innocent women. Learn more about gender-based violence cases during lockdown in South Africa and the proactive steps you can take to ensure your and your loved one’s safety.
The shadow pandemic refers to the growing rates of domestic violence against women and girls amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Domestic violence takes a toll on many of our friends, colleagues and family on a frighteningly regular basis. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been forced to live in more secluded and isolated environments, which has had a direct effect on domestic violence. We have had less access to help and have been more exposed to abusive environments that could have been avoided more regularly in the past, pre-coronavirus.
According to the Africa Health Organisation, 51% of women in South Africa have experienced gender-based violence, with 76% of men saying they’ve committed gender-based violence at least one stage in their lives.
A rise in domestic violence cases during the COVID-19 health crisis has sparked a global effort to act against this atrocity. Victims of gender-based violence are not receiving the appropriate service, support and treatment, resulting in an upsurge in incident rates.
Under lockdown, we all found ourselves confined in our homes, which proved to be harder than we all could have anticipated. Isolated from help, many were subjected to beatings and endless abuse, with no one to hear their cries and offer a helping hand. Victims also experienced mental, emotional and sexual abuse. In the first week of lockdown alone, the GBV (Gender-Based Violence) Command Centre received 2300 calls, with many victims out of reach of service providers and trapped in quarantine with their abusers.
Our unlimited Trauma Counselling line is open to our clients, which offers you access to professional help from a qualified psychologist. This is how our service works:
This is a United Nations campaign, supported by our South African government, which takes place annually from 25 November to 10 December to raise awareness of the negative impact of violence and abuse against women and children. It is aimed to empower women to protect themselves against violence and to encourage women and children to report incidents of rape, assault and psychological harm.
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