How vulnerable are they? Women amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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Women, COVID-19, Pandemic, ViolenceAbstract
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From ancient times Indian women tend to adopt contradictory roles. Women are empowered to ensure that they effectively play the roles of nurturance as mothers, daughters, and wives. On contrary, the weak and helpless women are portrayed to ensure they depend on the male sex. Women are dependent, weak, exploited, and faces gender discrimination in every sphere of their life. The gender-based violence that threatens the well-being, dignity, and rights of women extends across all boundaries of social, cultural, and economic standards. Violence against women is on the national agenda. Increased incidents and evidence show that the policy of isolation and confinement because of COVID-19 leads to more domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence and there is a need for protection against this. Attention needs to be provided to handle the long-term effects of the pandemic to balance the professional and personal lives of women's economic independence. there is an urgent need for Government to make frantic efforts to find solutions.
Keywords: Women, COVID-19, Pandemic, Violence
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