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. 2021;11(1):29.
doi: 10.1186/s41935-021-00243-5. Epub 2021 Oct 18.

Violence and sociodemographic related factors among a sample of Egyptian women during the COVID-19 pandemic

Asmaa Mohammad Moawad  1 , Eman D El Desouky  2 , Marwa Rashad Salem  3 , Ahmed Sallam Elhawary  4 , Sara M Hussein  4 , Fatma Mohamed Hassan  1
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Violence and sociodemographic related factors among a sample of Egyptian women during the COVID-19 pandemic

Asmaa Mohammad Moawad et al. Egypt J Forensic Sci. 2021.

Abstract

Background: Violence against women is a worldwide problem that affects different social and economic classes, and this violence has almost increased with pandemics as the COVID-19 pandemic. The present survey aimed to assess the prevalence of violence against women in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify the relationship between sociodemographic factors and violence exposure. A total of 509 women were recruited using a self-completion e-form questionnaire.

Results: The prevalence of violence experienced by women was (43.8%); the most common type was the emotional representing (96.0%) of exposed women, while sexual violence was the least common (13.5%). Violence exposure was affected significantly by residence governorates, husbands' working status, reduced husbands' working hours, and history of violence exposure.

Conclusions: Violence against women in Egypt was increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, which raises the need for a strong and urgent anti-violence program to control this problem.

Keywords: Domestic violence; Egypt; SARS-CoV-2; Survey; Women.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interestsThe authors declared that they have no competing interests.

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A bar chart showing the distribution of bruises and cut wounds by the residence area of women exposed to violence
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A bar chart showing the distribution of women who sought help by the type of the exposed violence
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