COVID-19: rise of gender violence in Latin America| ��ƽ��

Growth of domestic violence and sexual abuse reports during the COVID-19 lockdown in selected Latin American countries as of April 2020

Characteristic	Growth rate
Phone calls to Colombia's domestic violence helpline in the first 18 days of quarantine	130%
Phone calls to Chile's domestic abuse helpline in the first weekend of quarantine	70%
Phone calls to Argentina's family violence helpline in April 2020 versus a year earlier	67%
Gender violence reports to the police in the state of São Paulo, Brazil in March 2020 versus a year earlier	45%
Domestic violence reports to the police in Mexico in March 2020 versus a year earlier	25%

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April 2020

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Latin America and the Caribbean

Survey time period

March and April 2020

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Various sources include national and municipal agencies as well as non-governmental organizations.

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In late March of 2020, many governments in Latin America imposed lockdowns in order to avoid the further spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2. As a result of the isolation, a steep rise of gender violence and family abuse cases was identified in several countries in the region. For instance, Mexico's domestic violence reports increased 25 percent in March 2020, in comparison to the same month of the previous year. In Argentina, a hotline for sexual violence victims received more than two thirds more phone calls in April 2020, compared to a year earlier. Argentina is one of the Latin American countries with the highest number of femicide victims.