BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nearly three out of 4 European Union women suppose the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a rise in bodily and psychological violence towards them, in accordance with a Eurobarometer ballot revealed on Friday.
The ballot, commissioned by the European Parliament forward of Women’s Day on March 8, reveals 77% of women in the EU suppose the pandemic precipitated an increase in gender violence in their nations, with 9 in 10 respondents in Greece and Portugal saying so.
Asked how you can deal with the issue, 58% of interviewed women stated it must be made simpler to report gender violence.
About a 3rd of EU women stated the pandemic had a detrimental impression on their private revenue, in accordance with the ballot, which is predicated on a pattern of practically 27,000 women aged 15 or extra from all 27 EU nations.
“The outcomes of the Eurobarometer survey verify what we already know: the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women and ladies in myriads of the way,” stated lawmaker Robert Biedron, who chairs the European Parliament’s committee on women’s rights and gender equality.
(Reporting by Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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