Pandemide Kadınların Durumu ve Artan Ev İçi Şiddet
Women in Pandemic and Increasing Domestic Violence

Author(s): Aslıhan Ardıç Çobaner
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Studies in violence and power, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Covid-19 outbreak; violence; woman; gender; secondary data analysis;
Summary/Abstract: As more than a year has passed since the global Covid-19 epidemic, the effects of the pandemic on different social groups have begun to be discussed. While the pandemic affects people in many different ways, psychologically, culturally and economically, among them, the effects it has on women has been one of the most talked about. Among the serious economic and social effects of the pandemic on women, it was seen that it worsened the already disadvantaged position of women in the labor market, increased unpaid care work and housework, as well as spreading domestic violence and abuse faced by women and children. In addition, because of the confinement to the house due to thepandemic, the separation between the public and private spheres has disappeared, as well as the work moving to the home, domestic violence and abuse have also increased. In this study, the research, evaluation and media content conducted by various institutions and individuals regarding the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on women and the increasing domestic violence will be reviewed with secondary data analysis and content analysis. Based on these investigations: 1) The situation of women in the Covid-19 pandemic, 2) Findings of the increasing violence against women in the pandemic, 3) The media coverage of the increasing violence during the pandemic process, and 4) A comprehensive information about the implementation and policy recommendations to prevent violence will be revealed.

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