DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DURING THE PERIOD OF COVID-19
Keywords:
Confinement, Domestic violence, Physical violence, Psychological violence, Sexual violence.Abstract
Thearticleassessesdomestic violence against women during the non-COVID-2019 period and duringconfinement-2020, in Peru. The Logit model was used with 54,679 women. The probability of psychological violence in the study period was 45.6%, this probability increased by 2.1% during confinement; the probability of physical violence was 31.6%, with an increase of 2.2% during the pandemic, while the probability of sexual violence was 37.8% with a further increase of 5.6% during the COVID period. With enforced social isolation, domestic violence was higher because women spent more time at home with their spouses and was exacerbated by limited access to VAW services, domestic violence was higher among women in socially vulnerable situations and considered to be natives and with children under five years of age.
Downloads
References
Alkan, O., & Tekmanli, H. H. (2021). Determination of the factors affecting sexual violence against women in Turkey: a population-based analysis. BMC Women’s Health, 27(1), 188. https://doi.org/10.1186/sl 2905-021-01333-l
Andina, J. R., Tanara, M., & Wirahman, D. P. (2020). The Correlation between the Covid-19 Pandemic and Domestic Abuse Against Women: A Comparative Study Between Australia, Indonesia, and India. Jurnal Sentris, 7(2), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.26593/sentris.vli2.4291.109-124
Beland, L. P., Brodeur, A., Haddad, J., & Mikola, D. (2020). Covid-19, family stress and domestic violence: Remote work, isolation and bargaining power (Working Paper Series, No. 27;University of Waterloo, Canadian Labour Economics Lorum (CLEL), Waterloo This). http://hdl.handle.net/!0419/219043
Bourgault, S., Peterman, A., & O’donnell, M. (2021). Violence Against Women and Children During COVID-19-One Year On and 100 Papers In A Fourth Research Round Up. Center for Global Development, April, 1-10.
Carrington, K., Morley, C., Warren, S., Ryan, V., Ball, M., Clarke, J., & Vitis, L. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Australian domestic and family violence services and their clients.
Australian Journal of Social Issues,56(4), 539-558. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.183
Elman, A., Breckman, R., Clark, S., Gottesman, E., Rachmuth, L., Reiff, M., Callahan, J., Russell, L. A., Curtis, M., Solomon, J., Lok, D., Sirey, J. A., Lachs, M. S., Czaja, S., Pillemer, K., & Rosen,T. (2020). Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Elder Mistreatment and Response in New York
City: Initial Lessons. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(1), 690-699. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820924853
Farmer, A., & Tiefenthaler, J. (1997). An Economic Analysis of Domestic Violence. Review of Social Economy, 55(3), 337-358. https://doi.org/10.1080/00346769700000004
Fogstad, H., Langlois, E. V, & Dey, T. (2021). Covid-19 and violence against women and children: time to mitigate the shadow pandemic. BMJ, n2903. https://doi.org/10.!136/bmj.n2903 Gqola, P. D. (2015). Rape: A South African nightmare. Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.