Exploring the intersections of domestic violence, migration and the COVID-19 pandemic with Latin America Women’s Rights Service
by Gabriela Loureiro. This blog was originally published on the Connecting During Covid website. Our research, Connecting During Covid, is revealing how existing gender and socio-economic inequalities within and across migrant communities have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year now. Of particular concern is the increase in domestic violence cases in the UK which has been described as ‘an epidemic beneath a pandemic’. In April 2021,