Domestic abuse surges in UK amid lockdown

Women face increasing domestic violence while forced to stay indoors and Ireland has launched a media campaign to reassure victims that services are still running.

We have been encouraged to stay indoors to keep others safe as well as ourselves.

But it is a dangerous scenario for women who face domestic violence – which has risen in the United Kingdom during the lockdown.

Authorities in neighbouring Ireland have launched a media campaign to reassure victims that services are still running.

Al Jazeera’s Sonia Gallego reports.

By Sonia Gallego