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Prevention : UN Women violence against women and girls & COVID-19

Contributor(s): UN Women.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: EVAW COVID-19 briefs.Publisher: UN Women, 2020Description: electronic document (8 pages) ; PDF file.Subject(s): COVID-19 | CHILD ABUSE | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | PANDEMICS | PREVENTION | PRIMARY PREVENTION | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | INTERNATIONALOnline resources: Download brief, PDF, 405 KB | Read summary | EVAW COVID-19 briefs Summary: This brief provides background information on the root causes and risk factors that explain why violence against women occurs in the first place. It highlights how the context of COVID-19 is exacerbating those factors and the impact it is having on rates of violence against women and the ability to undertake evidence-based prevention work in the current context. It provides indicative interventions that can be undertaken during social distancing. The brief draws from the prevention field and evidence-based frameworks. It is a living document that complements other briefs prepared by UN Women on COVID-19 and gender and ending violence against women. (From the website). Record #6636
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This brief provides background information on the root causes and risk factors that explain why violence against women occurs in the first place. It highlights how the context of COVID-19 is exacerbating those factors and the impact it is having on rates of violence against women and the ability to undertake evidence-based prevention work in the current context. It provides indicative interventions that can be undertaken during social distancing.

The brief draws from the prevention field and evidence-based frameworks. It is a living document that complements other briefs prepared by UN Women on COVID-19 and gender and ending violence against women. (From the website). Record #6636

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