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Due to the novel Coronavirus pandemic strain SARS-CoV-2, many countries around the world have implemented preventive measures to try to control the spread of the virus, such as social distancing and quarantine. However, in the pursuit of reducing severe negative effects on public health, these unprepared strategies brought along the increase in domestic violence rates worldwide (Deniz et al., 2020).
Domestic violence refers to aggressive, hostile, and violent behaviors within families that may be psychological, emotional, physical, or sexual (Rocha et al., 2020). Moreover, it can be described as the establishment of fear and control in a relationship through violence and other forms of abuse. Religious practices, political and economic conditions, intimate partner violence, witnessing family violence as a child, lack of high school education, alcohol and drug use, as well as poverty are among the variety of factors that may set the precedence for perpetuating domestic violence (Susmitha, 2016).
According to the United Nations Population Fund, in the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, there would be an average of 31 million cases of gender-based violence globally, if lockdown restrictions were to be as long as six months (UNFPA, 2020). Additionally, prior to the coronavirus crisis the World Health Organization informed that nearly 35 percent of women globally have already suffered violence from an intimate partner during their lives...
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