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- The UN Women has urged member-states to include prevention of violence against women in their action plans on COVID-19.
- It has also called the rise in gender-based violence a “shadow pandemic”.
- As per data compiled by the U.N. body, France has seen a 30% increase in domestic violence since the lockdown on March 17.
- In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
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