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Responding to gender-based violence in Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka Image Women and children are more likely to experience violence within the four walls of their homes due to movement restrictions imposed during lockdowns. © Shutterstock Niranjala’s (name changed) husband started physically abusing her soon after they got married. When she was about to file for a divorce, the pandemic struck. Confined within the house during lockdowns, she suffered abuse almost daily to the point of being hospitalized. The husband was later arrested. Women and children are more likely to experience violence within the four walls of their homes due to movement restrictions imposed during lockdowns. They are no longer able to step outside to seek assistance and support. Women were not able to leave their homes to call a gender-based violence (GBV) hotline or access health or legal services.

Sri lankaKhabar garaunCrisis management centerNational women commissionNational child protection authorityMinistry of healthWorld bankHealth ministrySouth asiaOne stop crisis management centerIntegrated platformGender based violence preventionஸ்ரீ லங்காநெருக்கடி மேலாண்மை மையம்தேசிய பெண்கள் தரகுதேசிய குழந்தை ப்ரொடெக்ஶந் அதிகாரம்