Pandemia Covid-19 increased domestic violence cases, 10,000 cases in 6 months

One thousand cases were reported only in the January-June period of this year in our country, until no case of domestic violence was reported in the same period last year.

However, during February alone, 149 cases of domestic violence have been reported.

This data has been released on news.net by the Kosovo Police.

Meanwhile, O office The SEU in Kosovo during the pandemic called on victims of domestic violence not to hesitate to call the police.

The Youth Security and Equality Group during March also calls for the prevention of domestic violence in time of COVID-19 pandemic.

At this time of the global pandemic COVID-19, the house is supposed to be the safest place for all. However, for people experiencing gender violence, including domestic violence, social distance may mean being trapped inside with an abuser. Family violence is already a deadly epidemic, where one in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence, mainly from an intimate partner”, it was said in their call.

Family violence is a crime, as reported in Article 248 of the Kosovo Criminal Code. Domestic violence involves <x0). This form of violence is fined and imprisoned.