No country has been spared the coronavirus epidemic, nor the scourge of domestic violence, which has surged during lockdowns as we recognised the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women today.
From a spike in rapes in Nigeria and South Africa, increased numbers of women missing in Peru, higher rates of women being killed in Brazil and Mexico and overwhelmed associations in Europe: the pandemic has aggravated the plague of sexual violence.
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