GBV GLANCE DURING THE PANDEMIC SITUATION OF LOCKDOWN
The Government of Nepal issued a nationwide lockdown on 24 March 2020, which was later extended until 6 May 2020. Due to the lockdown, all regular businesses and industries were shut down. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Nepal had reached 82. Among them, 16 patients had recovered, and no deaths had been recorded. Altogether, 13,850 RT-PCR tests and 52,227 RTD tests had been conducted (Source: https://covid19.mohp.gov.np/#/ ). On the other hand, data updates from different news sources and NepalMonitor show that the total number of gender-based violence (GBV) incidents reached 139 between 1 March and 5 May 2020. These are only the recorded and reported cases ( https://nepalmonitor.org ). During the lockdown period, there may have been many underreported cases, especially in rural areas. If we analyze the available data, it appears that incidents of gender-based violence increased during the lockdown period. Although there is no direct parametric relationship between COVID-19 cas...