COVID-19 recession is 'trapping' women in violent households | LucyCormack
Frontline domestic violence specialists say the economic impacts of COVID-19 are disproportionately affecting victims, trapping them in situations of abuse due to financial dependence, unemployment and a lack of affordable accommodation.
“The results emphasised the economic impacts, which are driving an escalation of violence and abuse, while at the same time leaving victims with less financial means to escape their abusers.”In July the Australian Institute of Criminology confirmed the pandemic coincided with the onset or escalation of violence and abuse.
She said the national response to the pandemic should strengthen women’s “economic security, independence, economic participation, and decision-making in public life”. “One of my clients ended up homeless because she couldn’t pay rent and she was evicted. She and her 15-year-old daughter were living in a tent at the back of a sailing regatta during the school holidays,” Ms Bowick said.Ms Bowick said local and state governments needed to consider greater use of alternative funding models for victims of violence, such as subsidised private rental.
“Twenty-eight people were murdered in domestic violence incidents in NSW in the year to June 2020, with tens of thousands of domestic violence assaults reported to police," he said. The Brisbane family was killed by Ms Clarke's estranged husband, prompting renewed calls for legislation criminalising coercive controlling behaviour.Despite hopes for reform in the wake of the family’s death, an initial inquiry closed three months early, without taking submissions or holding public hearings.
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