Lockdowns Increase Domestic Violence and Potential Harm to Fetuses

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - 13:40 in Psychology & Sociology

One in four women in this country have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. And that’s before the COVID-19 pandemic created domestic hothouses for additional potential abuse due to anxiety over job losses, pent-up children and economic woes. Looking globally, the U.N. Population Fund estimates that six months of lockdown could result in […]

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