Half the people surveyed in the nationwide study believed in rape myths and attribute rape to the way a woman dressed and behaved. Photo: Unsplash/Ehimetalor Akhere Unabona
SINCE the start of the pandemic last March, crisis calls to the Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) helpline have shot up by 214% and the volumme of calls have remained high till now.
"By the end of the year, we would have handled some 15,000 throughout the pandemic," says WAO executive director Sumitra Visvanathan.
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