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Violence and sociodemographic related factors among a sample of Egyptian women during the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Violence against women is a worldwide problem that affects different social and economic classes, and this violence has almost increased with pandemics as the COVID-19 pandemic. The present survey aimed to assess the prevalence of violence against women in Egypt during the COVID-19 pande...

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Autores principales: Moawad, Asmaa Mohammad, El Desouky, Eman D., Salem, Marwa Rashad, Elhawary, Ahmed Sallam, Hussein, Sara M., Hassan, Fatma Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8520827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34691785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41935-021-00243-5
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Violence against women is a worldwide problem that affects different social and economic classes, and this violence has almost increased with pandemics as the COVID-19 pandemic. The present survey aimed to assess the prevalence of violence against women in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify the relationship between sociodemographic factors and violence exposure. A total of 509 women were recruited using a self-completion e-form questionnaire. RESULTS: The prevalence of violence experienced by women was (43.8%); the most common type was the emotional representing (96.0%) of exposed women, while sexual violence was the least common (13.5%). Violence exposure was affected significantly by residence governorates, husbands’ working status, reduced husbands’ working hours, and history of violence exposure. CONCLUSIONS: Violence against women in Egypt was increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raises the need for a strong and urgent anti-violence program to control this problem.