联合国:三个月的封锁可能导致全球1500万起家庭暴力案件发生
4月28日,联合国预测,新冠病毒导致的封锁可能会导致家庭暴力事件激增20%,因为受害者被困在家中,与施暴者待在一起。联合国警告说,疫情将对女性造成“灾难性的影响”。
Emma Batha is a journalist specialising in humanitarian crises and women’s rights. She joined the Thomson Reuters Foundation from the Reuters international editing desk in London.
4月28日,联合国预测,新冠病毒导致的封锁可能会导致家庭暴力事件激增20%,因为受害者被困在家中,与施暴者待在一起。联合国警告说,疫情将对女性造成“灾难性的影响”。
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