{"id":176168,"date":"2021-01-04T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=176168"},"modified":"2020-12-30T04:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T04:47:33","slug":"indias-pandemic-of-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/01\/indias-pandemic-of-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Pandemic of Violence against Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

28 Dec 2020 –<\/em>An increase in violence against women in India during the global COVID-19 outbreak has been described by the United Nations as a \u201cshadow pandemic\u201d.<\/p>\n

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UNDP | <\/span>UN officials say that gender-based violence is a \u201cshadow pandemic,\u201d hidden beneath COVID-19.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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Many women, who have been forced to stay at home due to lockdown measures, have been cut off from support services and have suffered at the hands of abusive partners.<\/p>\n

In Assam, in tea-growing country in the northeast of India, women are now getting help from groups supported by the UN.<\/p>\n

Read More here<\/a> about how women are empowering themselves to confront gender-based violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Members of a \u201cJugnu\u201d club get trained by UN Women to support women who\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b experience gender-based violence., by UN Women<\/p><\/div>\n

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