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A GLOBAL MODEL TO TACKLE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

New York, 27 June 2021

As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, a parallel and equally horrific pandemic has threatened half the world’s population.  In the early months of the pandemic, the United Nations projected that quarantines and lockdowns could lead to a shocking 15 million additional cases of gender-based violence every three months.  Sadly, those predictions appear to be coming true....