Two out of 5 women in South Asia experience domestic partner violence, says World Bank
In addition to this, according to the National Child Protection Authority, reports of child cruelty have increased by 30 percent. Image for representation only , Twitter
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Updated: Dec 15, 2020, 01:16 PM IST
A staggering two out of five women in South Asia have experienced intimate partner violence and COVID-19 has worsened the situation, reported World Bank.
The report was put down by Faris Hadad-Zervos, World Bank Country Director for Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
As per the report, 23 percent of women experience physical or sexual violence in Nepal. Nepal s National Women Commission (NWC) received 885 calls related to domestic violence from April to June, twice compared to previous years.
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By Faris Hadad-Zervos, World Bank Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka Dec 14, Colombo: Niranjala’s (name changed) husband started physically abusing her soon after they got married.
When she was about to file for a divorce, the pandemic struck. Confined within the house during lockdowns, she suffered abuse almost daily to the point of being hospitalized. The husband was later arrested.
A staggering two out of five women in South Asia have experienced intimate partner violence. And COVID-19 has worsened the situation.
Women and children are more likely to experience violence within the four walls of their homes due to movement restrictions imposed during lockdowns. They are no longer able to step outside to seek assistance and support. Women were not able to leave their homes to call a gender-based violence (GBV) hotline or access health or legal services.
Children need to be taught the importance of emotional intelligence and how to be good citizens
8515 cases reported via our hotline in 2019, currently around 4500 cases being investigated
Importance afforded to mental health is insufficient and it should be improved
A 15-year-old girl was burnt when she was 5 and sexually abused when she was 12 by his stepfather. Her
case was filed in 2018, but it’s still in its early stages. Sexually abused since she was 12; for a period of four years, by her biological father. This drove this 16-year-old girl to attempt to end her life seven times. Hearing stories such as these have unfortunately become a norm in our country. This year started with 54 cases of child abuse being reported within the first 15 days. The extensive time taken to hear a case and the re-victimization within the system, failure in implementing the law and the absence of a policy are proofs that the country lacks an effective child protection framework. “Statistic