With reduced contact to friends and family 👨👩👧 or barriers in access to services and shelters, we’re leaving surv… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The real extent of domestic violence during COVID-19 is likely under-estimated, as survivors are stuck at home 🏡and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Meanwhile, in Mexico🇲🇽, emergency calls ☎️ for incidents of violence against women increased ⬆️ by over 50% in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
For example, in Argentina 🇦🇷, calls to violence against women helpline increased by over a third, and in Colombia… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The ongoing stay-at-home 🏠 measures, coupled with the social and economic impacts of this virus, are increasing the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Marginalized groups like indigenous and Afro-descendant populations 🧑🏿🦱👩🏾🦱, migrant and refugee women and childre… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Across our region, nearly a third of women 👩🏽🦳👩🏼👵🏾👩🏾🦱 have experienced intimate partner violence in their lives;… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
…as ventilators and hospital beds🛏 are in short supply. After months of operating in crisis mode, our health prof… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Doctors👩🏾⚕️, nurses👨🏽⚕️ and health workers are working longer hours ⏰than ever before. Many of them may be riskin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
This is especially concerning for patients affected by COVID-19 and their caretakers.
–@DIROPSPAHO
