OPINION

Time to end the pain gap

Life, Punsita Ritthikarn, Published on 06/12/2021

» Since the Covid-19 outbreak, an estimated 736 million women have been subjected to physical violence, mostly by their intimate partners or husbands. This global increase in domestic violence has pushed UN Women into striving for gender equality and female empowerment. Accordingly, the international organisation has launched a "Shadow Pandemic" awareness campaign to end sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG). This year's theme is "Orange The World: End Violence Against Women Now!", which concludes on Friday.