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05.05.2020 / 20:17
Domestic Violence Is On The Rise Under Lockdown. Here’s How You Can Help Survivors
As the novel coronavirus has ravaged the world, and stay-at-home orders have been put in place in virtually every country across the globe, my thoughts have returned continually to those for whom home is not a safe place.It’s a stark statistic, but approximately 7.9 million women in the United States are raped, physically assaulted, and/or stalked by a current or former intimate partner each year.As we are collectively being asked to social-distance and stay at home, COVID-19 is confining many