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Abuse against women increased during lockdown!

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Women abuse increases in and across during LOCK-DOWN!

Across the world from Spain to Brazil, calls to hotlines and desperate texts seeking help have shot up.
In India, the Commission for Women says that between March 23 and April 1, as many as 257 women have reached out to for help.
Commission has taken action to help the complainants in 237 of the 257 complaints registered.
13 women have registered complaints of rape and attempt to rape, 69 women sought protection from domestic violence and 77 others had various complaints such as dowry and online harassment. Maximum complaints were from UP (90), followed by Delhi (37), Bihar and Odisha (18 each). NCW chief Rekha Sharma said that the worrying thing is that women are scared to complain during a lockdown There is no option of moving out and going to the parents' house,” Sharma pointed out.
Women Entrepreneurs For Transformation) Foundation, a non-profit, has launched a new initiative called ‘red dot' under which domestic violence victims can put a red dot on their palms to alert people. “Citizens who see the red dot on the palm can either get in touch with WEFT through social media or email weinfo@gmail.com or call 181 which is a toll free number to get support,” WEFT founder Iti Rawat told agencies.
The initiative launched three days ago has received over 20 complaints of domestic violence from across the country, said Rawat.

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