The COVID-19 pandemic could exacerbate domestic violence

Interior Minister Olga Sánchez Cordero

said that now that people are required to stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, this could worsen domestic violence situations at home, as a result of overcrowding and the economic crisis . The increase in domestic violence cases will have a bigger impact on low-income women and children .

Now, in order to prevent domestic violence, Minister Sánchez Cordero said the federal government will launch a national campaign to prevent violence in the incoming days.

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Additionally, Mexico’s Insitute for Women ( Inmujeres ) has been sharing numbers where women can report domestic violence in each state, as well as promoting gender equality at home, especially during a time when entire families spend the quarantine together.

If you are a victim of domestic violence , please call 911 .

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