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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 114, 198); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Call for Submissions:
COVID-19 & the Increase of Domestic Violence Against Women – UN SR VAW</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/SP/Issues/Women/SRWomen/Pages/call_covid19.aspx" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Spanish</strong></span></span></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Deadline:
June 30, 2020</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against
women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, is following closely the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's right to a life free from violence. As she warned in a recent </span><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25749&LangID=E" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">statement</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in
27 March 2020, the efforts to deal with the current health crisis may lead to an increase in domestic violence against women.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As initial police and hotline reports suggest, domestic
violence has already surged in many countries, as measures imposing isolation compel a number of women to be kept at home under the same roof with perpetrators, thus exacerbating women's vulnerability to domestic violence, including femicides. The risk is
aggravated by fewer police interventions; the closure of courts and limited access to justice; the closure of shelters and services for victims, and reduced access to reproductive health services.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Special Rapporteur on violence against women wishes
to receive all relevant information on the increase of gender-based violence against women and domestic violence in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic from civil society, States, National Human Rights Institutions, international organisations, academia and
other stakeholders on the following issues:</span></span></p>
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<li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To what extent has there been an increase of violence
against women, especially domestic violence in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns? Please provide all available data on the increase of violence against women, including domestic violence and femicides, registered during the COVID-19 crisis.<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are helplines run by Government and/or civil society
available? Has there been an increase in the number of calls in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic?<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can women victims of domestic violence be exempted
from restrictive measures to stay at home in isolation if they face domestic violence?<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are shelters open and available? Are there any alternatives
to shelters available if they are closed or without sufficient capacity?<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are protection orders available and accessible in
the context of the COVID-19 pandemic?<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are the impacts on women's access to justice?
Are courts open and providing protection and decisions in cases of domestic violence?<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are the impacts of the current restrictive measures
and lockdowns on women's access to health services? Please specify whether services are closed or suspended, particularly those focusing on reproductive health.<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please provide examples of obstacles encountered to
prevent and combat domestic violence during the COVID-19 lockdowns.<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please provide examples of good practices to prevent
and combat violence against women and domestic violence and to combat other gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by Governments.<br>
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</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please provide examples of good practices to prevent
and combat violence against women and domestic violence and to combat other gendered impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by NGOs and NHRIs or equality bodies.<br>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please send any additional information on the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis
on domestic violence against women not covered by the questions above.<br>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All submissions should be sent to </span><a href="mailto:vaw@ohchr.org" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 153); text-decoration-line: none; font-size: 14pt;"><span>vaw@ohchr.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> as
soon as possible, and will be received until </span><b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span>30 June 2020</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">.
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