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  • 2021-04-19 (xsd:date)
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  • On 24th of November 2020, the German aid organization of the Protestant Church Brot für die Welt made a statement about domestic violence against women. In a press release they stated according to the United Nations (UN) women’s organization UN Women the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in domestic violence against women worldwide. This statement is uncheckable. The claim in the original context on the website of UN Women (see third paragraph, second sentence). Source: UN Women. Brot für die Welt is a German aid organization of the Protestant Church. As a global development agency, the organization is active in more than 90 countries around the globe. In cooperation with local partners, they help poor and marginalized people to improve their living situation on their own. They currently support more than 1,500 projects worldwide focusing on education and health, respect for human rights and equality between men and women. Since the outbreak of the respiratory disease Covid-19, which was declared a global pandemic by the WHO in March, Brot für die Welt has released six-figure project funds for Covid-19 projects. According to Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, President of Brot für die Welt, the dangers posed by Covid-19 are especially severe for those people who are poorly protected. The last category includes women who experience domestic violence in their own home. Due to lockdowns and curfews imposed as a measure to contain the Covid-19 virus, people are spending most of their time at home. Even in normal times (en)
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