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View all search resultsSexual and reproductive health services is among the essential services that have been neglected as health systems refocused to address the COVID-19 pandemic, even as cases of domestic violence increase around the world during enforced lockdowns.
Salma Hayek launched a campaign to combat violence against women stuck at home under coronavirus lockdown measures, urging her millions of social media followers to "stand in solidarity with women".
Women in Colombia's capital city facing domestic abuse can seek help in hundreds of supermarkets and pharmacies as part of a new campaign launched on Wednesday to tackle the rise in gender violence under the coronavirus lockdown.
Weeks of confinement imposed by the coronavirus pandemic is taking a chilling toll on women and girls across Latin America, where the number of calls to helplines have soared, made by victims of domestic violence who cannot flee.