A BRIEF ANALYSIS COVID 19 ON DOMESTIC LIFE

SOCIOLOGY

India was among 140 countries to endorse the Call. However, as there is no consolidated disaggregated national data on violence against women and girls (VAW&G), including domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in this period, reference is being made to data released by the National Commission for Women (NCW) and women’s groups in their reports, including to media. The National Commission for Women (NCW)1 that receives complaints of violence against women from across the country, has recorded an over two-fold increase in complaints since the imposition of lockdown in the country. While a total of 116 complaints from women were received in the first week of March (March 2-8), the number increased to 257 in the last week of March post the declaration of the lockdown (March 23- April 1, 2020). Of the 257 complaints received by them, 69 were of domestic violence. Similarly, complaints relating to the “right to live with dignity” too have doubled, rising from 35 cases to 77. Such cases could pertain to discrimination on the basis of gender, class or caste or all three of them combined2 . Between April and May, NCW received a total of 3027 complaints across 22 categories of crimes against women, of which 1428 (47.2%) were cases of domestic violence and intimate partner violence. In comparison to data recorded for January to March 2020, wherein there were 4233 complaints, of which 871 cases recorded were of domestic violence and intimate partner violence (20.6% of the total)

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