Women Are Using Code Words At Pharmacies Domestic Violence During Lockdown
Women Are Using Code Words At Pharmacies To Escape Domestic Violence During Lockdown
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via CNN:
As the coronavirus pandemic forces countries everywhere to take unprecedented steps to restrict the movement of their citizens, victims of domestic violence have suddenly found themselves trapped at home with their abusive partners. Some are unable — or too afraid — to call the police, experts say.
So France, inspired by a similar scheme in Spain, has started telling victims to head to drugstores. If they can’t talk openly in the store, they can simply say the codeword “mask 19” to the pharmacist behind the counter.
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