Safe place for women into the cities. We are still at the forefront of so many issues that are deciding womens lives. We are the Largest Network of Service Providers for survivors of Domestic Violence and sexual assault. Is a national footprint. Serving 2. 3 million women a year and touching over 1000 communities. During this coronavirus crises, we are concerned about how women are being impacted, especially women of color. Is Mission Statement eliminating racism and empowering women. We have an amazing organization. Working on behalf of women and children. Host what are you saying with Domestic Violence . Guest the unfortunate story here is that we are seeing a rise in Domestic Violence and the unfortunate part is it is not a surprise because we know when communities are stressed, we see Domestic Violence increase. We are saying what we are seeing is how it is playing out. Protect the health of individuals, we are asking them to stay home. That is aggravating the situation even more. 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, unable to look for help, unable to reach out to their loved ones when situations are getting very bad. And othery ywca organizations, this is work we do in collaboration with other organizations across the country, paying attention and keeping our doors open. We have kept our doors open throughout this crises because we know that when women need help and they make that 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 because that is one of the major issues, never to leave your children behind. We have to make we have to find those resources. At the largest providers of housing, 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 . This is the National Domestic hotline. It does the referrals for services and that is where we come in. We provide the services when those calls come in. We are very concerned because we want to make sure not only are we able to respond but that we are able to respond quickly. Many of our emergency shelters at times our dorm like settings and under covid19, we have to take all of those measures and precautions to make sure not only those women who are in our shelters are kept safe but the once who were also coming ones who are also coming in. We have to be nimble in order to make sure that everyone within our care is kept healthy. Host i know we have been showing it for our viewers. 99safe. When someone calls that hotline, what happens . Ok,t making sure they are speaking to them, providing them information, making sure that whether they need to whether we need to send the ambulance or police, how we can provide them the resources they need at that moment in time. Giving them the referrals they need. And referring them to counseling. A lot of it has to do with making sure that at that moment in time, that particular individual we talk about genderbased violence. In many cases, they are women but there are situations where there are men as well. For our particular organization, we focus primarily on women. Question, the answer his, once that phone call is made, making sure that that person is safe, whatever resources she needs are available, whether it is emergency care, sending the police or making sure they can find a safe place to be. That is where the emergency shelters come in, that is where the counseling comes in. Lenske a trauma informed to all of this. There is a lot of trauma involved, making sure whether there are children involved, sometimes a woman cannot leave her home because of the children or maybe they have an elderly parent living there as well. Making sure the family is safe. A lot of elements come into play and we want to make sure we are taking care of not only the woman but her entire support system. Host we want to invite our viewers to join in on this conversation. How does this surge in unemployment contribute to the rise in Domestic Violence . Inst it is fascinating december, the labor statistics showed women were comprising a majority of the labor force. Arewe see how women comprising a majority of the Service Industry. Seeing the Unemployment Rate impacting women. I want to go back to, the Unemployment Labor statistics the bureau of labor statistics mentioned that women were comprising the majority of the labor force. The other component, because of pay disparity, women were taking on two or three jobs in order to make ends meet. Now we find ourselves, women are bearing the brunt of this economic downturn and it is unfortunate because because they are also in the Service Industry , in many situations, they may be deemed essential workers. They are overly exposed to situations with covid. There are factors impacting women in disproportionate way. We are concerned about that. The United Nations just issued a report of how we need to make women and girls at the center of this covid situation and how we need to put them at the center in order to help them. It is women who are bearing a lot of this. The other thing i want to underscore, we provide childcare and we have for healthcare workers. And i want to make sure we are not only talking about just nurses and doctors. We are also talking about everyone who works at a hospital. It could be a janitor, somebody who works for the cafeteria, and childcare is a critical component that needs to be focused on when we talk about women going back to work, and that is another element. We talk about response. As an organization, we are also thinking about how do we rebuild communities, and childcare is a very important factor in order to help women get back on their feet. Host our guest guest i just want to tie this back. What may feel like very disparate issues, but let me bring it back together. When a woman is going through Domestic Violence, part of the challenges when making that decision often leads to financial abuse. Not being able to leave that Domestic Violence situation because the means to leave the house, the environment, are not controlled by her, or she may not have enough resources to be able to leave that situation, so we work a lot with Financial Literacy and financial empowerment, but during this economic time, that would be doubly important. Women financially get back on their feet so that they can always be in a safe place of their choosing. Employment,t workforce development, also providing the childcare that they need in order to be able to go back to work and know that their kids are being well taken care of. To ournd we will get calls. Our viewers are lighting up to speak to you about this issue. Our guest, the ceo of the ywca usa here to talk about Domestic Violence. We go to new york. Caller hello. Thanks to cspan. A lot of these programs have come up to address Domestic Violence and all kinds of abuse, and it comes about when there is federal attention to it and federal money out there. There are a lot of players. There are things that are reported that somebody did not do. And we look at the who, the timeline, about corona, way back on december 31, but who does not really listen to taiwan, because host ok. I am going to stop right there and just take your point about trusting the government. Castillo . Guest trusting the government. I believe in government. I have worked in many entities of the government. I have worked in the Nonprofit Sector as well as in the profit sector. When we are talking about challenges that impact society, that impact families, that leads to situations of trauma in children and women, have to have some faith, and i tell you why. Issues like Domestic Violence leave lasting, lasting impact, and these are issues that can only be addressed when people come together. Domestic violence does not discriminate. I have talked to women who are valley,ornia, silicon just like i talk to people in washington, ottumwa, iowa, or any places across the country, and the impacts are lasting. I believe in many situations, we have to understand the approach that is required is a multipronged approach, and governments have an Important Role to play. Covid, whether in china, in italy, in france, with that, the Domestic Violence cases are on the rise, and it is on the rise in the united states. I have faxed. I have data. We are seeing the hotlines increase, the number of calls. So at the end of the day, i trust that as humans, we have to care for each other, and i would love to see more engagement. The washington journal, because we need more thanklists i want to the washington journal, because one in four women experience Domestic Violence in their lifetime. We have to come together, and there is a moment of reckoning, and issues like Domestic Violence need to be addressed wholeheartedly and with complete engagement from all corners of society. Host we go to michigan. Good morning to you. Michigan good morning. Host go ahead with your question and comments. Caller good morning. A friend had left South Carolina and came back in from michigan, and he still continued. I do not know why. God forbid, why she puts up with it, but right now, he has got something that is going on. When i call her, she is coughing in the background, and she tells me she does not feel good. She has grandkids there. She has a baby she is taking care of, and then she has her other grandson, and he is like nine years old. That being said, is there something i can do, somebody i can call to put it out there . If that man has that, refusing to go to the hospital, for the kids up in there, that is a possibility. Am i right, maam . That is all i have to say, and god bless you. Guest i do want to thank the caller, because she is concerned, and sometimes when we are concerned, we do not know what to do, and the fact that she made this call is something that is incredibly important, because that intervention is very needed to save a womans life and to make sure that they are safe. So one of the things i would say is definitely call the hotline. Ask for resources in your area, as well as ask for some guidance about how to approach it. Domestichat makes violence situations so challenging. Space, ande private people feel uncomfortable, but making sure that you intervene in a way that can help your sister. I believe it was her sister that she mentioned. And one of the things that would be important, as well, talking to your sister, providing information. Three, providing information as to how to address covid, because that is one of the critical issues, as well, and making sure that you are monitoring and just being there for her, talking to her, reaching out on a daily basis or as quickly as you can, because at the end of the day, part of the challenges of women who are going through Domestic Violence is the isolation, and during covid, it is a catch 22 of being asked to isolate for health but at the same time aggravating the Domestic Violence situation. So continuing to reach out to her and also call the hotline for more information on resources that may be available to you, as well, as a caring individual. Sharon in hyattsville, maryland. Hi, sharon. Caller i just want to say thank you very much. You are educating me. I dont have much to say, but fork you so, so much Domestic Violence. I experienced it myself. It is helpful to hear you just come on and educate. You are helping people. Doi guess, what could one even just to help out when it comes to Domestic Violence . Say thank youjust for your call. I am humbled, because i can hear in your voice just how brave you are, and i thank you for making the phone call. I cannot tell you how empowering it is when i hear women like yourself tell your story and to be able to be willing to help others. That is the richness of our humanity. I am in all of you. Awe of you. Thank you. As you can imagine, a National Coalition against domestic is doingand a group incredible work. I would recommend obviously reaching out to the coalition. They have incredible resources. Of course, i will tell you go to our website and look at the ywca across the country. Donate anything that you cant get we need everything, from diapers to grocery carts, and most importantly, when we get through this time, i will also a domesticlunteer at violence emergency shelter. Spend your time with women who need to hear that there are better days. There is so much you can do. Most importantly, be able to tell your story. It is incredibly empowering for women, because it is letting them know that there are incredibly better days, so i want to thank you for calling in. What are you hearing from victims about what they need during this pandemic . Guest well, they need so much. Is that they are not alone, that they are not alone. Tong able, again, being able know that they and their children will be ok, being able to know when they come to our shelters that they will be taken care of. One thing that i will underscore is letting them know that we also are making taking every step possible to ensure their health, so it is not just come to our shelter, and a lot of misinformation that is stirring out there, that if you come to an emergency shelter, youre going to get covid. No. We are taking the highest precautions to make sure that shelter comes to a we are making their health equally as paramount as their safety, and as i mentioned before, it has required us to be very innovative as well as very nimble. Ywcas like in nashville make sure thatto women or families who are coming in are either quarantined and , to not impact those who may be in our emergency shelters. We have others who are using hotels to make sure that we are housing women during this time, so we are making sure that not only is there safety paramount but also that there shelter is paramount. We are hearing that, again, just over overcapacity. 48 women andit had children in their facility as of last week. Making sure that we are able to find expanded capacity to house these women and children during this particular time, so there is a lot that is going on, and again, we are one of those seenizations that we will to the women and children that we have served in communities across the country. Rodney, in michigan, you are next. Caller the hotline number, is if the same for men as women, because i was married i am 69. The last 16 years have been glorious to this second one. The first wife was 34 years of terror. Did she found out that i not hit women, it was all downhill. Thank you very much. Guest thank you for your call. As you may have heard me speak, we will talk about genderbased violence in recognition that we have situations where it is not just women. We have situations where it is men. We have a situation of must violence across lgbt communities, as well, so the hotline will definitely help provide you services as well as take calls and give you guidance. Ymcas that have also make sure to house men, but we do it in a very different manner, because we want to make housing facilities are separated, so in situations where we have men, we would probably make arrangements to provide shelter through hotels or hotel arrangements, but we do serve women and men. In some ofcases, but them we do, in recognition that genderbased violence is rampant, and it is [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] pres. Trump thank