Virtual Roundtable: Gender Inequality and Domestic Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Governments worldwide have imposed lockdowns and implored residents to stay home to contain the spread of COVID-19. But for some, home is a dangerous place. Emerging data from around the world indicate a rise in domestic and gender-based violence since the start of the pandemic. Our panelists discuss gender inequality, and the risks associated with domestic violence, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speakers
Felicia Marie Knaul
Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, and Professor, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami; Chair, Lancet Commission on Gender-Based Violence and Maltreatment of Young People

Shawna Wilson
Executive Director, International Association of Women Judges

Presider
Caroline Bettinger-Lopez
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations


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