Domestic Violence and Abuse as a Shadow Pandemic

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<p><b><i>Domestic Violence and Abuse as a Shadow Pandemic</i></b> investigates, analyses and presents statistics to assess the claim by UN WOMEN that domestic violence constituted a ¿shadow¿ pandemic to the COVID-19 pandemic. The drivers of violence, mitigation strategies, and State and agency responses are discussed with data from more than 80 countries, covering North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia.</p><p> </p><p>Contributors to the book include judges and magistrates who preside in the Family Courts as well as academics and stakeholders from international agencies who publish in the field of domestic violence and who produce policy reports to mitigate and eradicate domestic abuse and gender-based violence. Their coverage includes the examination of the following themes: (1) The disproportionate impact of domestic abuse and violence on marginalised communities including indigenous groups, forced migrants and undocumented wor