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FWCC co-ordinator Shamima Ali speaking during a virtual conference. Picture: SCREENGRAB/UNITY FIJI
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre has recorded 2000 cases of domestic violence between April and June this year.
This, according to centre co-ordinator Shamima Ali during a virtual conference on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people yesterday.
“There has been a huge escalation of violence against women,” she said.
“Talking about this from last April, in a year we normally record 2000 cases.
“But from April this year to June 27, we have attended to 2000 cases.
The centre could not conduct face to face counselling with victims of domestic violence because of the COVID-19 pandemic and Ms Ali said 70 per cent of the 2000 cases involved women who were abused in their homes.
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