An assessment on risk and preventive measures of Gender-Based Violence during lock-down period of COVID 19
01 Dec 2020
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•Majority of the respondents (56%) said there is high chance of occurring violence during lockdown period;
•75% respondents said domestic violence like physical violence and verbal abuse can happen, 46% said rape, 36% said sexual abuse, 33% said attempt to rape and 49% said there is chance of happening suicide during lockdown period;
•The survey said it would be difficult to lodge a complaint during the lockdown. 64.7% respondent said there is no situation to go out to lodge complaint, whereas 42.2% said it is difficult to lodge complaint from home.
•Only 3% survivors are very satisfied with the government's effort to prevent gender based violence.
•None of the human right activist/defenders, member from management committee of safe house, non-govrnmnt service, representative from CBOs are very satisfied with the government's effort to prevent gender based violence.
•Twelve percent said services of gender-based violence were available, while 37 percent said services were provided but not regular.
•57.5 percent said services were disrupted due to a lack of prior preparation and 57.2 percent said personal security supplies were not available. Similarly, 48.5 percent said that the service may have been disrupted due to lack of technical skills and knowledge on how to work in such a situation.
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