Domestic abuse is rising during lockdowns. Governments weren't ready.

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Domestic violence experts knew lockdowns might exacerbate abuse. Now hotlines are seeing a surge in calls, and governments should have been prepared, researchers say.

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In Spain, calls to the domestic violence emergency number went up in the first 2 weeks of lockdown.

In France, police reported a roughly 30% nationwide spike in domestic violence.

In China, one NGO said the call surge began when officials locked down cities in the epicenter.

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Judith Lewis Herman, a renowned trauma expert at Harvard, found the methods abusers use to control their partners and children bear "an uncanny resemblance" to those kidnappers use to control hostages and repressive regimes use to break the will of political prisoners.

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Yes, I am getting complaints about abusive behavior. 

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China. Italy. Spain. France. Britain. The grim pattern is clear: as countries lock down, ‘intimate terrorism’ — the term many experts prefer for domestic abuse — increases. But although this was predictable, governments largely failed to prepare.

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