Sunday 17 January, 2021 | 11:03 AM
NEW DELHI: A non-governmental organisation, RENEW, and the National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) recorded 36 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) against men during the second lockdown in Bhutan.
The cases with RENEW included physical, emotional and economical violence. There were also four cases, which were not gender-based violence but men who sought help.
RENEW recorded 16 GBV cases against men.
An official with the organisation said that men bear the violence fearing they might be stigmatised.
She said that RENEW was for victims of violence, which could be both men and women. “Women are more vulnerable to violence so we focus to empower them but men are also given the same services provided if they are victims of violence.”