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Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19

Lessons from the past: protecting women and girls from violence during COVID-19

COVID-19 has impacted women and girls around the globe in adverse ways. However, little attention has been paid to women and girls in humanitarian settings, those whose safety has already been reduced due to conflict, natural disaster or displacement. For these women and girls, COVID-19 has made them particularly vulnerable to increases in gender-based violence. LINDSAY STARK, Associate Professor of Social Work and Public Health, Washington University in St Louis LUISSA VAHEDI, PhD candidate, Washington University in St Louis This is not the first time we have seen an infectious disease event lead to higher levels of gender-based violence. A…
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