Open AccessCovid-19 Pandemic - A Determining Factor in the Increase of Violence Against Women. Case study: France
Author(s) -
Claudia Gilia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal for ethics in social studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2601-7784
pISSN - 2559-7612
DOI - 10.18662/jess/4.1/29
Subject(s) - pandemic , legislature , covid-19 , domestic violence , political science , criminology , incidence (geometry) , economic growth , geography , development economics , suicide prevention , environmental health , medicine , poison control , psychology , law , virology , outbreak , economics , disease , physics , optics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Violence against women, regardless of their nature, remains a scourge that societies have been struggling with for a very long time and which, unfortunately, for various reasons are difficult to eradicate. Among the many side effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become clear that the current health crisis provided a breeding ground for an increase in domestic and intra-family violence. In France, the incidence of violence against women is estimated to have increased by 30% during the first round of containment. Our study aims to analyze the situation in the French system, to present the legislative framework in this area, but also the institutions with a major role in the fight against violence.