6 months of coronavirus lockdown could mean 31 million more cases of domestic violence, UN says
BY HALEY OTT
APRIL 28, 2020 / 12:01 AM / CBS NEWS
London Six months of lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19 could lead to 31 million additional cases of domestic violence globally, the United Nations warned Tuesday.
"It is a growing crisis within the crisis. We need to pay maximum attention to this now," Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, deputy director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN's sexual and reproductive health agency, told CBS News.
In a paper using data from Johns Hopkins University, Avenir Health, and Victoria University in Australia, the UNFPA predicted that if strict lockdowns continue for a year, there will be an additional 61 million cases of domestic abuse above what would have already been expected to occur.
"It's truly disturbing. And if we don't do anything about it if we don't talk about it, if we don't ring the alarm bell every three months there will be an additional 15 million cases," Alakbarov said.
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