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Lockdowns impeded migrant women from fleeing abuse

Domestic violence rates soared during Australia's COVID-19 lockdowns but for temporary migrant women it was even more precarious.

How domestic violence services went out of their way to reach women during the pandemic

Marica Ristic is in the business of saving lives.  She’s not an emergency department doctor or nurse, but a domestic and family violence support worker in Queensland on the frontline of another deadly crisis that swept through the world this year.  “Whatever normal was considered to be, we had to put that on hold and put the woman and their needs in the centre of our response,” she said.  “Those women who were able to seek support, the complexity of their needs was very much visible and we were able to directly connect it to COVID-19.” The World Health Organization (WHO) has labelled domestic violence a “shadow pandemic”, exacerbated by COVID-19 - and Australia has been no exception.

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