Constituency Child Marriage Watch-Munali Chapter
There has been a sharp rise in domestic violence globally since the introduction of quarantine measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. Why is the situation in Russia particularly troubling?
In 2017, the Russian Parliament controversially decriminalized various domestic violence offenses, removing legal protections for victims and allowing perpetrators of abuse within the family to act with impunity. Now COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are trapping women at home with their aggressors, who are able to inflict harm without facing retribution from the state.
Prior to the pandemic, domestic violence was already a major problem in Russia, where 40 %of violent crimes occur within families,… المزيد
