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United Nations Women, an organization of the UN, calls it “the Shadow Pandemic.” According to their website, one in three women experienced violence before COVID-19 changed the world, but the virus brings in stressors that experts believe make abuse worse and more frequent. The UN said cramped living conditions, worries over finances, deserted public spaces, and isolation with the abuser are just some of the ways the pandemic could exacerbate abuse.
In Kentucky, abuse crisis centers serve entire regions of the state. They usually offer a hybrid of resources for multiple types of abuse: domestic, sexual and child abuse. They also work together in a network of “sister organizations.”