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The shadow pandemic of domestic violence during COVID-19 | Kemi DaSilvaIbru

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Mandatory lockdowns, quarantines and shelter-in-place orders meant to contain COVID-19 have created a shadow pandemic of domestic abuse, says physician Kemi DaSilva-Ibru. Sharing alarming statistics on the rise of gender-based violence worldwide, she describes how Nigeria quickly retrained a…

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Mandatory lockdowns, quarantines and shelter-in-place orders meant to contain COVID-19 have created a shadow pandemic of domestic abuse, says physician Kemi DaSilva-Ibru. Sharing alarming statistics on the rise of gender-based violence worldwide, she describes how Nigeria quickly retrained a squadron of basic health care providers to respond to the crisis — and shares lesson other countries can adopt to keep people safe from harm.

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26 Comments

  1. tareq adas

    February 5, 2021 at 4:39 pm

    first

  2. Ghostamane

    February 5, 2021 at 4:43 pm

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    February 5, 2021 at 4:43 pm

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  4. last one

    February 5, 2021 at 4:47 pm

    Love the things that make you different. If everyone else was exactly like you in every way, then you would not care about what they think about you because they are exactly like you. So it is what makes us different that we are insecure about and worry about what other people think of. The differences between us are what makes life so beautiful, it is best to be explored. The Book of Job in scripture, I believe, teaches us that we must learn to accept the good with the bad. I think that is what God appreciated about Job and was testing in him. And that’s what true unconditional love is, loving someone in the bad times and the good. On a micro view, its loving yourself despite your flaws. And on a macro view, its loving humanity even though there are bad people, and loving Life despite all the bad things that can happen..

  5. King Taylor

    February 5, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    dude why is domestic violence increasing in the first place why is this happening and why is the focus on helping women with the issues instead of confronting the issue it self, I am so confused

    • Daniel Moran

      February 5, 2021 at 5:52 pm

      Terrible

    • King Taylor

      February 5, 2021 at 5:59 pm

      @Daniel Moran ?

    • Alien

      February 6, 2021 at 12:22 am

      Bruh

  6. Daniel Moran

    February 5, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    So important.

  7. Tech Razin

    February 5, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    I’m only here to develop my ielts listening as i got recommended by my mentors

  8. Quila Edwards

    February 5, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    Wow it’s crazy how we live everyday without no knowledge of what’s really happening

  9. Raman Borade

    February 5, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    How articulate!

  10. J B

    February 5, 2021 at 10:28 pm

    Its a bs law…. Just to make THEM money etc.

  11. White Lives Matter

    February 6, 2021 at 2:06 am

    End the lockdowns. End the tyranny NOW ✊

    • Bill Eyelash

      February 6, 2021 at 12:20 pm

      The only way we can end this pandemic and boost the economy is to stay in lockdown and not break the rules

  12. Keturah Ford

    February 6, 2021 at 5:54 am

    Thank you TEDTalk for bringing more awareness to this pressing issue.

  13. crema de la soda

    February 6, 2021 at 1:11 pm

    Too many femicides males killing womn

  14. The SuperBike Tour

    February 7, 2021 at 2:19 am

    No mention of domestic abuse against men from women. Of course, TED is an biased as the BBC

  15. Dylan Large

    February 7, 2021 at 2:28 am

    Anyone can suffer domestic abuse, it’s horrific and should not be accepted.

  16. ika novia

    February 7, 2021 at 6:53 am

    To my surprise, I didn’t expect that the pandemic would increase domestic violence

  17. Relax Station

    February 7, 2021 at 5:46 pm

    Domestic violence should be completely eradicated from society for the betterment of women life.. try to engage with people and address the issue.

  18. Adam :

    February 7, 2021 at 5:58 pm

    Injustice, evil and corruption are everywhere in the world

  19. Forever

    February 7, 2021 at 10:07 pm

    Why is there no Turkish subtitles?

  20. Forever

    February 7, 2021 at 10:10 pm

    There is no country whose official language is Kurdish, why is there subtitles?

  21. Forever

    February 7, 2021 at 10:11 pm

    10-15 countries speak Turkish but you don’t have subtitles

  22. Kylie Jones

    February 9, 2021 at 12:17 am

    I certainly won’t be a millionaire at the end of this bull Run, however I had 35k invested 6 months ago in Bitcoin, I’m sitting at 470k now with 50% in eth and 20% in other alts… So I’m very happy and thankful to Jessica Parido who made this possible, maybe next time I’ll have enough to become a millionaire

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