{"id":7817,"date":"2020-06-04T06:24:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/uncategorized\/the-rise-of-gbv-in-times-of-crisis\/"},"modified":"2020-06-04T06:24:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:24:58","slug":"the-rise-of-gbv-in-times-of-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phambano.org.za\/staging\/the-rise-of-gbv-in-times-of-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise Of GBV In Times Of Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For women, girls and the LGBTQ community that are already living in violent or abusive situations, violence tends to get worse in times of crisis. With lockdowns happening now, even beginning to think about leaving a violent place of living may seem and be impossible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@skowalski\u00a0(Shannon Kowalski), Director of Advocacy &amp; Policy at IWHC recently shared her thoughts on Twitter which highlights the dire situation at the moment: \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Domestic and intimate partner violence is on the increase.\u00a0Working from a home office, the closure of schools and inevitably job-loss together with the stress and feeling of helplessness and vulnerability has an impact on the GBV landscape. <\/li><li>Men take out their anger and frustrations on their partners and children.\u00a0This occurs in heterosexual relationships as well as in same-sex relationships and other family structures.<\/li><li>Access to essential services especially clinics and healthcare services are currently disrupted.\u00a0 While pharmacies are staying open in most places for now, it\u2019s likely that access to contraceptives for some may already be interrupted.\u00a0Partners who suffer from the likes of personality disorders cannot access their medication.\u00a0In a lockdown that is worse.\u00a0It is important to encourage your family to go and get a\u00a03 month\u00a0supply of medication for illnesses (mental and Physical) for as long as possible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>The self-management of abortions using medication and backstreet clinics increases the danger of the pregnant women.\u00a0Abortions done unprofessionally will cause permanent damage to the body and women could be prosecuted as the law states it is illegal.\u00a0Hospitals and clinics will be fuller than usual with people infected by the Covid-19 Virus and need to be hospitalized and in quarantine over the coming weeks, so mothers to be who have to access Government facilities to have their children will find themselves\u00a0worrying and stressed that there won\u2019t be facilities available to give birth.\u00a0The impact of this will be felt hardest by those who earn low income.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There is so much more we can say about the impact of crisis on the lives of women and girls, but with all of the increasing and very necessary restrictions on people\u2019s everyday lives, these are often the impacts that <strong>do not get discussed<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When crises\u00a0strike, gender inequalities are often <strong>exasperated<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Increase in GBV\u00a0<\/li><li>Limited or no access to life-saving services\u00a0<\/li><li>Exclusion in decision-making\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s collectively think of ways to support Women and Girls on the African continent and continue to combat the prevalence of gender-based-violence during this time and share our resources, tips and toolkits for the advancement of #tech4good and #tech2endGBV &#8211; join our conversation here: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/tech2endgbv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/tech2endgbv<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For women, girls and the LGBTQ community that are already living in violent or abusive situations, violence tends to get worse in times of crisis. 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