What is the “shadow pandemic”? How has the COVID pandemic affected victims of domestic violence?
Mandatory lockdowns, quarantines, and shelter-in-place orders meant to contain COVID-19 have created a shadow pandemic of domestic abuse, says physician Kemi DaSilva-Ibru. Sharing alarming statistics on the rise of gender-based violence worldwide, she describes how Nigeria quickly retrained a squadron of basic health care providers to respond to the crisis — and shares lessons other […]