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Title: | Violence against Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Children to the Elderly | Authors: | Soeiro, Cristina Ribeiro, Rita Almeida, Iris Saavedra, Rosa Caridade, Sónia Oliveira, Ana Santos, Manuela |
Keywords: | violence against women; COVID-19 pandemic; children abuse; elderly abuse | Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | MDPI | Project: | UIDB/04585/2020 2020.07799.BD UIDB/01662/2020 |
Serial title, monograph or event: | Social Sciences | Volume: | 12 | Issue: | 2 | Abstract: | Women of all ages can be exposed to violence both within and outside of the home, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to analyze violence against women (VAW) before and during the first year of the pandemic in Portugal. Crimes perpetrated against female victims from 17 years old and younger to 65 years old and older were analyzed by comparing requests for help in 2019 and 2020. A total of 12,045 requests for help for VAWwere received by the Portuguese Association for Victim Support and analyzed in the current study. The findings reveal a 16% increase in requests for help in 2020 and a 95% increase when the lockdown was implemented. That said, the most reported, intimate partner violence (IPV), showed a decrease of 5% in 2020. Furthermore, compared to 2019, requests for help concerning criminal offenses involving psychological violence in non-IPV contexts increased 79% in 2020, especially for victims 17 years old or younger (116%), and attempted femicide/femicide requests for help increased 53%. We are still in the early stages of understanding how the pandemic will affect this situation. Future directions concerning support of female victims during the pandemic are outlined. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/114012 | ISSN: | 2076-0760 | DOI: | 10.3390/socsci12020091 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CINEICC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FPCEUC - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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