Nuove strategie della violenza nei confronti delle donne in tempi di confinamento

The phenomenon of gender-based violence has its roots in the mists of time, although it has only been identified and perceived as a problem in relatively recent times. Violence against women is considered a violation of human rights, a crosscutting phenomenon that affects all cultures, classes, levels of education, earnings, ethnic and age groups. The World Health Organization has estimated that about a third of these abuses are perpetrated by the partner. The social isolation imposed by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic brings some worrying indicators of domestic violence to the fore. In fact, organizations dealing with this phenomenon have observed an increase in domestic violence due to forced coexistence, economic stress, widespread insecurity and fear related to coronavirus infection. If many questions are asked about the changes that the restrictive measures to combat SARS-CoV-2 and forced coexistence have led to the spread and modalities of manifestation of the phenomenon, it is important to emphasize how it does not detect only if the number of cases has increased, but in the meantime it is of extreme interest to understand whether the peculiar situation caused by the pandemic has diminished the opportunities for women to ask for help. SARS-CoV-2 emergency has led to a decrease in the health and protection services available to women victims of abuse, as well as greater difficulty in accessing them. For this reason, new strategies have been devised and implemented globally to encourage the emergence of the phenomenon. In this work we have analysed and discussed some of the methods proposed and implemented in Italy.