BraveNet Upstander Social Network against Second Order of Sexual Harassment

Lidia Puigvert, Ana Vidu, Patricia Melgar and Marifa Salceda
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Lidia Puigvert: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Barcelona, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Ana Vidu: Department of Private Law, School of Law, University of Deusto, 08007 Bilbao, Spain
Patricia Melgar: Department of Education, School of Education, University of Girona, 17004 Girona, Spain
Marifa Salceda: Department of Education, School of Languages and Education, University of Nebrija, 28015 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-13

Abstract: Gender-based violence and domestic violence constitute a huge problem all across countries and continents. The COVID-19 outbreak and the lockdown produced as a consequence of it have contributed to escalating this problem. Many national organisms reported an increase in the data on domestic violence during confinement. Bystander intervention often constitutes one of the most effective mechanisms of attention. The problem is that bystanders do not always dare to intervene. This article aims to provide knowledge on the reasons for this lack of intervention and its connection to domestic violence, while presenting measures to encourage intervention and victim support, offering protection to those most in need during this pandemic. The research was conducted through questionnaires distributed online among social entities in charge of providing care to women suffering from domestic violence during the lockdown. The results have shown that most of these entities have had to intervene in providing support to women during the lockdown. In conclusion, the case of the Unitary Platform Against Gender Violence and the entities, which are members of the platform, acted in situations of domestic violence produced during confinement, based on the mutual support provided by being a group of entities that have the support of the Platform.

Keywords: domestic violence; gender-based violence; lockdown; support network; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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