domestic violence

Domestic Abuse Against Palestinian Women Soars

Domestic Abuse Against Palestinian Women Soars

Banging pots and pans and waving homemade banners, scores of Palestinians have expressed their solidarity with women enduring various forms of domestic violence during a lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The initiative on Monday, which saw both women and men stand at their windows and balconies across the occupied Palestinian territories and historic Palestine, was aimed at shedding light on the plight of women who are locked down with their abusers.

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According to a tally combined by Tal’at,Β an independent political feminist movement that organised the campaign,Β 11