Maximizing Multilateral Efforts in Response to Global Domestic Violence

A global response engaging multilateral institutions, NGOs, the private sector as well as national governments is the only way to efficiently combat and eradicate the long-endured scourge of domestic violence 

Covid-19 lockdown measures have shown an amplification of domestic violence in the global sphere. Women have always been severely impacted by domestic violence – often at the hands of their partners- but such violence has increased to alarming rates as a result of the COVID-lockdown.