Eastern. You can watch it live here on cspan, online at cspan. Org, or free cspan he radio app. Here to talk about the coronavirus pandemic, our guest, alejandra castillo. What is your mission . The ywca is the oldest Womens Organization in the country. We were created to provide a , especiallyor women since the First Industrial revolution, when women were coming into the city. This is a safe place to be. We have been at the forefront of some of the most pressing issues that have defined womens lives. Everything from childcare and afterschool programs, to launching the eight hour workday. There are so many issues defining womens lives, but we are also the Largest Network of Service Providers for survivors of Domestic Violence and sexual assault. Our footprint is a National Footprint and we have 204 ywcas across the country serving 2. 3 million women a year. We really have our finger on the women, anded to children. During the coronavirus crisis, we are very concerned about how women are being disproportionately impacted, especially women of color. Is Mission Statement eliminating barriers and powering women because we have to anchor our work around women of color if we want to lift up all women. We have an amazing organization, 162 years working on behalf of women and children. During the pandemic, what are you seeing with Domestic Violence. The unfortunate story as we are seeing a rise in the mystic violence. Whats unfortunate is that is not in Domestic Violence. Whats unfortunate is that its not a surprise. When communities are stressed we see to mystic violence increased. How itsre seeing is playing out. And the fact that social distancing, in order to protect the health of individuals we are asking them to stay home, thats aggravating the situation even more. Because women are now trapped in situations with their abusers. We are seeing that women are now within the home, they are now unable to make that phone call and are unable to reach out to their loved ones when situations are getting very bad. In particular, as well as other organizations become a because this is the work we do in collaboration with other organizations across the country are being very mindful, and paying attention, and keeping our doors open. We have kept our doors open through the crisis because we know that when women need help and they make a bold move to leave their home, we must be there for them. We will talk more about it but i want to underscore that women do not leave their homes alone. They take their children with them. Thats one of the major issues, leaving your children behind. Resources,find those but as the largest providers of housing in particular, we are seeing emergency shelters at capacity, if not overflowing. Host when you say women make that phone call, are you talking about your hotline which is available 20 47 . This is the domestic violent the national Domestic Violence hotline cometh not our hotline, but it does refer services and thats where we come in. We provide those services when the calls come in. We are concerned. We are very concerned. We want to make sure that not only are we able to respond but that we can respond quickly. Many of our emergency shelters are and under covid19 we have to take precautions to make sure that not only those women who are in our shelters are kept safe and healthy, but the ones who are coming in. We have to be very innovative and nimble and adaptive to make sure that everyone within our care is healthy. Host and i know we have been showing the number, but im gonna say it for our radio listeners. 00799safe, 7233 is the National Domestic hotline hot number. What happens when they call . Guest a couple of things. Making sure that they are ok, speaking to them, providing information, making sure whether they need to send an ambulance, police, how do we provide them the resources they need at that moment time . Giving them the referral that they need, and also referring them to the counseling. With of this has to do making sure at this moment in time, this particular individual , i want to say individual because we talk about genderbased violence. In many cases they are women but there are situations with an as well. For our particular organization, we focus primarily on women, but we do talk about genderbased violence. To answer your question, once the phone call is made, at that moment in time, we make sure that person is safe, we make sure whatever resources they need are available, whether its emergency care, sending the police, or making sure that we can find them a safe place to be. Thats where the emergency shelters come in and thats where the counseling comes in. And i want to underscore that we this, ns to all of we take a trauma based lens to all of this. Theres a lot of trauma involved, making sure but children are involved, sometimes a woman cannot leave because of children or an elderly parent. So making sure the family is safe area there are a lot of elements that come into play. We want to make sure we are taking care of not only a woman but her entire support system. Host we want to invite our viewers to join in, if you live in the Eastern Central part of ,he country at 202 7488000 or mountain and pacific call in at 202 7488001. Ms. Castillo, how does unemployment contribute to the surge in Domestic Violence . Guest in december the bureau of labor statistics showed that women work in biasing comprising a majority of the labor force, and now women are comprising a majority of the Service Industry, it hit that covid hit the Service Industry very hard, hospitality and restaurants. The Unemployment Rate is impacting women in particular. I want to go back to what i the laborin december, statistics, the bureau of labor statistics mentioned that women were comprising the majority of the labor force per the only other come important payonent is because of disparity, women were taking on two or three jobs to make ends meet. Women ared that bearing the brunt of the economic downturn. , becauseunfortunate they are also in the Service Industry and in many situations they may be deemed essential workers. So they are overly exposed to situations of covid. But theres a confluence of factors that are also impacting women in a very disproportionate way. We are concerned about that. Report ofust issued a how we need to make women and girls at the center of this situation, and how we need to put out the message in order to help recovery. Its women who are bearing a lot of the brunt. And the other thing i want to mca, were, at y w andide Childcare Services we do childcare for healthcare wo i want to tie this back because know ive been talking a lot f what may feel like very disparity issues. Hen a woman is going through Domestic Violence, part of the challenges when making that also financial abuse, not being able to leave violence situation the se the means to leave house the environment are not controlled by her or she may not have enough resources to be able to leave that situation. A lot with Financial Literacy and financial empowerment. This economic time, thats going to be doubly important. Women financially get back on their feet so they safe place ofin a their choosing . Employment, out workforce development, but also providing the childcare that need in order to be able to go back to work and know their taken care ng well of. Host and we want to well get to our calls our viewers to speak to you about this issue. Castilla alejandra ywca usa he c. E. O. Of here to talk about Domestic Violence on the rise. Caller hello. Thank you for cspan. A lot of these programs that come up with addressing domestic kinds of abuse there come about when theres to it and ention theres federal money out there. Unfortunately, theres a lot of that s in the game overreport stuff tied to the money. Getting find people reported for something they overzellous an government comes in and makes a big monster out of everything. Rely on agencies, Government Agencies because theyre always going after the or the state g funding or whatever it is. For instance, like you look at im sure they have something on Domestic Violence, them . N you rely on no. Because taiwan knew about corona way back on december 31, but. H. O. Doesnt really listen to taiwan because host ok, william. I am going to start there and there about nt trusting the government. Castillo. Guest sure. In government. I worked in government. Of thed in many entities government. Ive worked in the Nonprofit Sector as well as in the private sector. When were talking about challenges that impact society, impacts family, that leaves in, tions of trauma children and women, we have to have some faith. Why. ll tell you issues like Domestic Violence impact. Asting, lasting and these are issues that can people addressed when come together. Domestic violence does not discriminate. To women who are in mountain view, california, valley, manhattan, just ike i talk to women in washington, iowa, chicago, or anyplace across this country. Impact are lasting. I believe that in many to understandhave that the approach that is multiprong approach and government has an Important Role to play. We have seen covid, whether it as in china, italy, in france, the Domestic Violence cases were on the rise. And it is on the rise in the states. I have facts, i have data from association. Weve seen the hotline increase in the numbers of calls and increasing. F calls so at the end of the day i trust as humans we have to care for id love to see more engagement. I want to thank the washington because we need more journalists to cover this issue. Of the most underreported crimes. Only half of Domestic Violence to the e reported police, and, yet, one in four women experience domestic lifetime. N their so we have to come together, and there is a moment of reckoning, and covid is one of those moments thats telling us issues like Domestic Violence addressed wholeheartedly and with complete corners of rom all society. Host well go to phyllis in michigan. You. Morning to caller good morning. How you doing . Host doing well. O ahead with your question or comment. Caller yeah. I have a comment. In ve a sister that lives michigan and she has a boyfriend south carolinaft and came back home to michigan you e still continued, know, with the assault. I dont know why. God forbid, i dont know why she puts up with it. Right now he has something at we believe he has the virus. Hes coughing in the background and stuff. Dont feel good and she has grandkids there. Grandbaby born two months ago that shes taking care of. She has her then, she 9s her only grandchild thats years old. Is there something i can do or somebody i can call to let them there ats going on over because thats a death sentence right there . If that man has that and he to go to the hospital, that means its a death sentence for the kids in there. Right, ossibility, am i maam . Thats all i have to say. God bless you guys and keep up work. Od ok. Thank you. Guest i want to thank i do want to thank the caller. Thee are i want to thank caller because shes concerned, and sometimes when were to erned we dont know what do. And the fact that she made this hone call is something that is incredibly important because that intervention is very needed a womans life and to safe. Ure theyre so one of the things i will say hotline. Itely call the ask for resources in your area as well as ask for some guidance how to approach it. These are delicate situations, domestic what makes violence situations so challenging. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Isit ncicap. Org] Governor Cuomo good morning, everyone. Good to see you. Good to be with you. To you from my me in state with government and has been involved in this special effort from day one. Right, jim, te technically a doctor but not a but still a r doctor. Lcomb, eft, governor hoke and to