DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMID LOCKDOWN: A SHADOW PANDEMIC

The outbreak of global pandemic has not just exposed people to the virus but other factors like domestic violence as well. The aim of this research paper is to highlight the major causes of the increase in the domestic violence during the lockdown. The approach of the research has been both theoretical as well as empirical. Domestic violence has been referred to the abuse by one intimate partner on the other. This domestic abuse can be for various unethical reasons or dissatisfactions pointed out by the abuser and his family. The research has also laid down the key elements of abuse in order to recognize whether the act is abuse or not. Intimidation, humiliating each other, Excessive Control and Physical Injury are the four major key elements. There are various causes for the increase domestic violence however financial instability, unemployment, stress, illiteracy, lack of efficiency of NGOs.