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With virus confinement in Peru domestic violence has soared: 900 women missing or presumably killed
Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
A staggering more than 900 girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since the COVID-19 confinement began, authorities said on Monday. Peru is home to 33 million people long has had a horrific domestic violence problem.
But COVID-19, which has compounded home confinement combined with job losses and a health crisis, has seen an already scary situation grow worse in just 3.5 months, according to Eliana Revollar, who leads the women's rights office of the National Ombudsman's office.
Seventy per cent of that figure are minors, she added. “During the quarantine, from 16 March to 30 June, 915 women in Peru were reported missing,” and feared dead, said Revollar.
Before COVID-19, five women were reported missing in Peru every single day; since the lockdown, the number has surged to eight per day...
With virus confinement in Peru domestic violence has soared: 900 women missing or presumably killed
Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
A staggering more than 900 girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since the COVID-19 confinement began, authorities said on Monday. Peru is home to 33 million people long has had a horrific domestic violence problem.
But COVID-19, which has compounded home confinement combined with job losses and a health crisis, has seen an already scary situation grow worse in just 3.5 months, according to Eliana Revollar, who leads the women's rights office of the National Ombudsman's office.
Seventy per cent of that figure are minors, she added. “During the quarantine, from 16 March to 30 June, 915 women in Peru were reported missing,” and feared dead, said Revollar.
Before COVID-19, five women were reported missing in Peru every single day; since the lockdown, the number has surged to eight per day...