CoronaCrime #93 - Gender Based Violence

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a terrible toll on lives, illness, and economic devastation and it is having diverse effects on violence and crime. Daily Prevention News publishes weekly a Corona Crime Issue dedicated to collecting related news and information.

1. Women's experience of COVID-19 economic insecurity linked to partner violence
   Women's economic insecurity during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic was linked with an increased chance of experiencing intimate partner violence, a new study has found. Source: Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS)
2. COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
   The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors responses taken by governments worldwide to tackle the pandemic, and highlights those that have integrated a gender lens. It captures two types of government responses: women’s participation in COVID-19 task forces and national policy measures taken by governments. It analyzes which of the policy measures address women’s economic and social security, including unpaid care work, the labour market and violence against women. The Tracker can provide guidance for policymakers and evidence for advocates to ensure a gender-sensitive COVID-19 policy response. Source: UNDP Data
3. The Ignored Pandemic: The Dual Crises of Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19
   It is evident that the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified GBV, including domestic violence and intimate partner violence amongst other forms of violations, but the investments in GBV prevention and response are dramatically inadequate, with just 0.0002% of the overall COVID-19 response funding opportunities going into it. Barriers to achieving gender justice, such as harmful social norms continue to exist, but progress made since the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign show that there are solutions and feminist activism has been a driving force for progress on eliminating gender-based violence. Source: OXFAM
4. The pitfalls of modelling the effects of COVID-19 on gender-based violence: lessons learnt and ways forward
   Since early 2020, global stakeholders have highlighted the significant gendered consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, including increases in the risk of gender-based violence (GBV). Researchers have sought to inform the pandemic response through a diverse set of methodologies, including early efforts modelling anticipated increases in GBV. In this paper, we discuss the rationale for using modelling to make projections about GBV, and use the projections released by UNFPA to draw attention to the assumptions and biases underlying model-based projections. Source: BMJ Global Health

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