SHAPE SEA, Nov. 4, 2020
The emergence of the Covid 19 pandemic has raised many concerns about human rights issues, ranging from health, education, economic life to social life. Undeniably, during this pandemic, women suffered more than men from the exacerbated effects of this public health crisis, because they bear more responsibility either at home, in society or at work (World Economic Forum, 2020). For example, in some Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, cases of women and domestic violence are increasing.
According to a quick survey by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, more than 110 acts of violence against women occurred between March and June 2020 (LBH Apik, 2020), while domestic violence cases in Malaysia have increased by about 57 per cent since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic (The Asean Post, 2020) and a similar trend has occurred in Thailand, where cases of domestic violence have more than doubled if we compared to year ago, from 85 to 183 cases (Heinrich Boll Stiftung, 2020)
In addition to domestic violence, according to Marques, Moraes,
Hasselmann, Desalandes and Reichenheim (2020), women also experienced a
difficult situation during the pandemic: women were caught up in a
heavier workload and had to bear some disadvantages in caring for their
children. This is exacerbated by restrictions such as ‘the lockdown’
which challenges women’s activities, such as not being able to enjoy “me
time” or self- escapism.
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