It was a pleasure to talk to @whjm on @BBCWomansHour this week - albeit about a really sad subject, domestic abuse during the #coronavirus lockdowns in Europe: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000hdjc">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl...
Since this article was published @BBCNews, some new data has started to come through, so some updates in this thread...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/1249490016180621317">https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/...
Fewer people use the email service, but it& #39;s quickly growing in popularity - contacts up 733%
& new psychological help service via WhatsApp getting approx 28 contacts/day
(compared to same period 2019)
But *new* women, contacting them for the first time, were only 28% of the total.
Their centres: https://www.direcontrolaviolenza.it/d-i-re-tutti-i-numeri-telefonici-dei-centri-antiviolenza/">https://www.direcontrolaviolenza.it/d-i-re-tu...
That& #39;s a worry, because normally the vast majority of the women they help @direlaviolenza are new cases.
What that might indicate is something lots of people on the front line are worried about: barriers to women reporting violence and making contact with support services
What that might indicate is something lots of people on the front line are worried about: barriers to women reporting violence and making contact with support services
Meanwhile #Mascarilla19 has kept on spreading, including to:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flag of France" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of France"> France
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇹" title="Flag of Italy" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Italy"> Italy
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇴" title="Flag of Norway" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Norway"> Norway
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇷" title="Flag of Argentina" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Argentina"> Argentina
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇱" title="Flag of Chile" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Chile"> Chile
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇬" title="Flag of Uganda" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Uganda"> Uganda
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇻" title="Flag of Cape Verde" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Cape Verde"> Cape Verde