of lockdown the only crime statistic to not lower was domestic violence, which surged 225%. the leader of colombia's femicide observatory, which tracks the killing of women, cited an increase in neighborhood reporting and the use of hashtags like #feminicidioespandemia and #violenciadegenero. cyprus helplines in cyprus have registered an increase in calls by more than 30 per cent. in australia, 40 per cent of frontline workers in a new south wales survey reported increased requests for help with violence that was escalating in intensity. denmark at the start of the corona crisis, staff at women's shelters expressed concern that the number of women seeking shelter would rise, and on this basis, the government stepped up appropriations for the shelters. however, the expected rise in demand has not come true; instead, there are fewer women seeking shelter than before. however, some information on the situation is self-contradictory. there has, however, been a rise in men that have become homeless because of conflicts in relation to the corona crisis, and men's shelters are too small land few to meet the demand. in spite of this, the government does not give increased grants to men's shelters. a number of psychotherapists report that during the corona crisis, in some couples, the relationship deteriorates, but in many couples, the relationship improves, because partners have more time to talk together and talk with their kids. fiji the fiji women's crisis centre received an increase number of domestic violence cases during the lockdowns with the national domestic violence helpline receiving over 500 calls in april. also, the ministry of women, children and poverty alleviation recorded more than 1000 assault cases against women. in response, the government of fiji formed the covid-19 response gender working group to advance prevention and response to violence against women and girls and also to formulate policies and programs that are not gender-blind. france in the first week of its lockdown, france saw a 32% rise in areas policed by the national gendarmerie (rural and suburban areas) in relation to domestic violence. by 26 march this figure had increased to 36% in paris. in response, the government introduced the possibility for female victims to call for help at pharmacies, and mandated the police to be on high alert for domestic violence during the lockdown. germany exact figures of how sharply the rate of domestic violence had risen in germany were not yet available as of 2 april 2020, but help organisations commented that it appeared to be "christmas squared", noting that domestic violence normally also peaked during christmas, but that the current situation was far worse. more recent information is that the rate of domestic violence has gone down in all parts of germany or at least has not risen. for instance, in nordrhein-westphalen, the number of cases of domestic violence in march 2020 was 28% lower than in march 2018 and 2019. india india's national commission for women (ncw) has seen a more than twofold rise in gender-based violence during the lockdown in india. between 23 march and 16 april ncw registered 587 domestic violence complaints, a ~45% increase from the previous 25 days. factors compounding the situation include the confinement, financial worries due to the lockdown, and lack of access to alcohol. the virus mirrored the pre-existing patriarchal notions and magnified the discrimination and pre-existing inequalities. there has also been a threefold rise in police apathy towards women complaints, with the police busy with lockdown orders. indian women rights activist kavita krishnan said that women told her that had the indian government given a warning about the lockdown, they could have tried moving to safer locations in time. the childline india helpline received more than 92,000 calls between 20 and 31 march, the start of india's lockdown, asking for protection from abuse and violence. the extended confinement has also trapped children with their abusers at home. ireland the irish police received a large increase in the number of calls regarding domestic abuse, with some victims stating they had to flee to their car to call for help. the charity woman's aid chief sarah benson told reporters that the trend that she had seen was the threat and dangers of the virus being used to manipulate and abuse the victims. safe ireland's chief executive echoed this stating that the virus was being weaponised against them, with some victims stating that they hadn't realized how bad it was until now. twenty-one of the women's refuges in the state were full in march, with some victims and their children being moved into airbnb's to allow for social distancing. israel eran, a nonprofit organization which handles domestic abuse and other calls on its telephone hotline and by email, reported a 35.8 percent increase in domestic violence-related calls between march and may 2020 compared to three months prior. protests were held in israeli cities in may to bring attention to the murder of five women in a seven-week period since the government imposed lockdowns to stop the spread of the virus. when the government first called for citizens to stay home in march, women's shelters were reported as close to full capacity, both due to new arrivals and to current residents who stayed in the shelters because of the pandemic. italy in italy, there has been a steep fall in calls to domestic violence helplines. another support group in france has seen the same trend of drop in calls. this may be attributed to women finding it difficult to ask from help during the confinement of a lockdown. as time magazine reports: "mandatory lockdowns ... have trapped them in their homes with their abusers, isolated from the people and the resources that could help them". jordan a video post by a woman in jordan went viral as she documented the abuse she had suffered due to her mother and siblings, before the jordanian women's union removed her and her son from the home. luxembourg there is no information that the incidence of domestic violence should have risen. mexico at least one organization; brujas del mar, with help from social media networks to bolster digital aids or create new ones for women. essential women workers, have been offered digital accompaniment and tracking services for those who have to walk to places alone. a mexico city organization gendes, has focused on working with males instead using a new hotline to talk down men from becoming violent instead of their in-person anti-machismo therapy. netherlands my dad has been name-calling andyelling at my little sister all evening...it's much worse now thatwe're so much together... – dutch child seeking help the atria institute on gender equality and women's history stated in late march that "in times of crisis – like natural disasters, wars and epidemics – the risk of gender-based violence increases," and noted that the national network safely home (landelijk netwerk veilig thuis, lnvt) was wary of a rise in new violent incidents in the netherlands. the children's telephone (kindertelefoon), a dutch non-profit organisation helping children (anonymously) to deal with various problems, reported a 50 percent surge in calls – most of them related to domestic and sexual abuse and violence – in the 2 weeks after the netherlands entered into a semi-lockdown in mid-march. on 31 march, online help services sterk huis and fier reported a rise in people contacting them through chat due in tensions and verbal escalations at home (fier noted a 20% rise in conversations and double the number of domestic violence incidents occurring in march compared to january and february 2020); on the other hand, safely home had not yet registered a significant rise, and the national police even noted a 12% decline compared to the same week in 2019. that same day, however, the central netherlands police region did note a rise in domestic quarrels, violence and child abuse incidents due to increased tensions in the preceding weeks, and called on people to stay vigilant and always keep reporting signals of domestic violence and child abuse. new zealand a new zealand based charity, victim support, saw an increase of family based violence such as siblings against siblings, grandparents stressed about child care, spousal abuse and teenagers fighting with parents during new zealand's national lockdown. on good friday, new zealand police reported a 20 percent spike in cases on the first sunday after the lockdown was announced on 29 march, comparative to the past three weeks. a spike in cases during the lockdown was also reported by the new zealand women's refuge. pakistan mental health professionals in pakistan reported that cases of domestic abuse had risen in the country during lockdown. ministry of human rights also set up a national domestic abuse helpline. national disaster management authority of pakistan has set up a dedicated "gender and child cell" to deal with domestic abuse cases. while the healthcare system struggles to cope with the rising number of instances of covid-19, funding for domestic violence interventions have been reduced, with the majority of provincial social welfare helplines being closed. during the lockdown in march 2020, 399 women's murder cases were recorded in khyber pakhtunkhwa, but only 25 calls to the police hotline were received. according to ngo sustainable social development organization, reported rapes and sexual assaults by family members soared as much as 400% quarter on quarter during the covid-19 lockdown, due to covid restrictions forcing children to remain indoors thus allowing relatives to more frequently abuse them. russia tracking the number of domestic violence cases and helping those involved has provided difficult due to the issue that domestic violence has been decriminalized in the country since 2017. however, it is believed that through independent research that the countries domestic violence hotline has increased by at least one fourth in a month, with other regions seeing it grow by more. some of the few shelters in russia have closed their doors and are not offering services but some have shifted to have a more online user based function. singapore helplines in singapore have registered an increase in calls by more than 30 per cent. in australia, 40 per cent of frontline workers in a new south wales survey reported increased requests for help with violence that was escalating in intensity. spain if an abuser wants to usea machete or other weaponagainst you while locked down, there will be casualties. casualties awaiting a grim fate. – mercè ordovas, advocate spain's domestic violence helpline noted a 47% increase in calls in the first two weeks of april compared to the same period in 2019, while the number of women contacting essential support services via email or social media reportedly increased by 700%. however, there was a simultaneous sharp drop in domestic violence complaints to the police, which officials and activists attributed to the fact that people were strictly required to stay indoors except to get food and medicine, meaning that victims were isolated from family and people around them who could provide them support to bring a formal complaint in normal circumstances. female domestic violence victims advocate mercè ordovas said that the strict requirement to stay at home prevented them from meeting potential supporters and enabled perpetrators to constantly surveil their victims and obstructed them from making calls. lawyer carmen valenzuela pointed out that lodging a complaint initiated a complicated legal process, with victims having to leave the house and going to the police station and the next day to the court while risking exposure to covid-19 and having to justify why they violated the curfew, further complicated by either having to take any children with them or leaving them behind with their abuser. switzerland while statistics are not available in 2020 to measure precisely the impact of covid on domestic violence in switzerland, there are concerns about the risks of raising risks and alain berset, interior minister alain berset participated to the european union conference on gender equality. the figures were on the rise for 2019 already. according to väter ohne rechte representing the rights of fathers, the incidence of domestic violence has not risen, and in some places there is a reduction tunisia tunisian women's affairs minister asma shiri announced that there was a rising number of domestic violence incidents in result to the governments efforts to stop the virus. turkey activists in turkey have