Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil

This note aims at providing support to federal and subnational governments in understanding the increased risks of Violence against Women (VAW) in the country under Coronavirus (COVID-19) and providing the most appropriate responses in the short, m...

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Main Authors: Bastos, Gabriela, Carbonari, Flavia, Tavares, Paula
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938861597918295013/Addressing-Violence-against-Women-VAW-under-COVID-19-in-Brazil
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spelling okr-10986-343792021-05-25T09:58:12Z Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil Bastos, Gabriela Carbonari, Flavia Tavares, Paula GENDER WAGE GAP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT WOMEN AT RISK PANDEMIC RESPONSE SHELTER FOR WOMEN SOCIAL ISOLATION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELPLINE This note aims at providing support to federal and subnational governments in understanding the increased risks of Violence against Women (VAW) in the country under Coronavirus (COVID-19) and providing the most appropriate responses in the short, medium and longer term. It points to evidence of epidemic-related risk factors connected to increased levels of VAW, trends of VAW during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Brazil, policy measures and interventions implemented globally to mitigate adverse impacts, as well as response efforts that have been put in place both by governments and civil society organizations. It also compiles existing data available on increased VAW in the country since the onset of the Coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to the main (direct and indirect) links between the two. 2020-08-24T15:15:48Z 2020-08-24T15:15:48Z 2020-08 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938861597918295013/Addressing-Violence-against-Women-VAW-under-COVID-19-in-Brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34379 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Latin America & Caribbean Brazil
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topic GENDER WAGE GAP
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
WOMEN AT RISK
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
SHELTER FOR WOMEN
SOCIAL ISOLATION
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
HELPLINE
spellingShingle GENDER WAGE GAP
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
WOMEN AT RISK
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
SHELTER FOR WOMEN
SOCIAL ISOLATION
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
HELPLINE
Bastos, Gabriela
Carbonari, Flavia
Tavares, Paula
Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
description This note aims at providing support to federal and subnational governments in understanding the increased risks of Violence against Women (VAW) in the country under Coronavirus (COVID-19) and providing the most appropriate responses in the short, medium and longer term. It points to evidence of epidemic-related risk factors connected to increased levels of VAW, trends of VAW during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Brazil, policy measures and interventions implemented globally to mitigate adverse impacts, as well as response efforts that have been put in place both by governments and civil society organizations. It also compiles existing data available on increased VAW in the country since the onset of the Coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to the main (direct and indirect) links between the two.
format Policy Note
author Bastos, Gabriela
Carbonari, Flavia
Tavares, Paula
author_facet Bastos, Gabriela
Carbonari, Flavia
Tavares, Paula
author_sort Bastos, Gabriela
title Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil
title_short Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil
title_full Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil
title_fullStr Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Addressing Violence against Women under COVID-19 in Brazil
title_sort addressing violence against women under covid-19 in brazil
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/938861597918295013/Addressing-Violence-against-Women-VAW-under-COVID-19-in-Brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34379
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