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- Violence against women is a pervasive issue in China, with both verbal and physical assaults occurring regularly, often in public and by acquaintances or partners.
- The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the situation by limiting women's options for escaping abusive situations and hindering timely support from society.
- The paper emphasizes the need for strong policies and support systems in countries like China to combat this violence and protect women's rights, highlighting its broader impact on community safety and social cohesion.
Article Abstract
Violence against women is rampant in China. Even though meaningful strides have been made in the country, it remains disturbingly common for men to assault women-verbally or physically, who may or may not be their partners-in broad daylight in China. To make the situation worse, COVID-19, along with its restrictions, has both undermined women's ability to escape from abuse or violence and society's ability to provide timely help to victims. In light of the rising violence against women post-COVID, in this paper, we discuss the policy imperatives for countries like China to establish effective guardrails and support systems to protect women from the dehumanizing and destabilizing crime that is violence against women-a social malaise that not only harms and undermines the safety of society's daughters, mothers, and grandmothers, but also the integrity of local communities and social contract, let along shared humanity and global solidarity at large.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107379 | DOI Listing |
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