Calls to Italy's 1522 domestic abuse
and stalking hotline rose some 79.5% in 2020 over 2019, ISTAT
said Monday.
Calls started surging towards the end f March and there were
peaks of +176.9% in April compared to April 2019 and +182.2% in
May, the statistics agency said in its report 'Requests for Help
During the Pandemic'.
There was also a spike on November 25, the World Day Against
Violence Against Women, ISTAT said.
The reported violence was primarily physical (47.9%), ISTAT said
but also psychological (50.5%.
Calls for help rose more among younger women, 11.8% compared to
9.8% in 2019 up to the age of 24, and among women aged up to 55:
23.2% in 2020; 18.9% in 2019.
As for the authors of the violence, family members were up to
18.5% in 2020 against 12.6% in 2019 while violence by current
partners was steady at 57.1% in 2010.
ISTAT said some 20,525 women had resorted to domestic abuse
centres.
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