The Ministry of Community Development provided detailed information on 13 channels to receive complaints of domestic violence with the aim of immediate intervention, providing support, assistance and preventing any abuse suffered by family members, as part of the measures it took to implement the axes of the National Family Protection Policy, which it prepared last year with the aim of strengthening a social protection system for family members In a way that contributes to preserving its rights and ensuring its active participation in societal development.
The Ministry provided clear information through the link https://www.mocd.gov.ae/ar/contact-us/family-violence-complaints.aspx, on 13 communication channels, which enabled those affected by domestic violence or exposed to any kind of abuse to communicate. With a number of specialists in federal and local authorities, they are able, by virtue of the responsibility entrusted to them, to provide immediate support to them and intervene to protect them in the appropriate ways legally and socially applicable.
The Ministry of Community Development prepared the “Family Protection Policy”, which it announced last December, to be a reference document that includes axes that include legislation, laws, protection and intervention mechanisms, and includes studies, research and statistics related to protecting the family from any form of violence. The policy identified 6 types of abuse that may exposed to family members, or one of them, as a result of incorrect application of the concept of responsibility, and warned of ignoring the rights of family members who are under the scope of protection or harm them, subject to legal liability.
The types of abuse identified by the policy, physical violence, verbal violence, and violence recycl J or moral, sexual violence, economic violence, as well as neglect to the successor of the psychological and physical damage.
The procedures and mechanisms applied in the state to protect the family are in line with international laws and policies in the area of protecting human rights and society.
The UAE has intensified its efforts during the past years that resulted in the establishment and strengthening of a legal and societal environment that contributes to protecting the rights of all family members and society from harm, and institutions and relevant authorities have focused on caring and protecting the most vulnerable groups such as the elderly and people of determination, by applying laws Protection mechanisms ensure their psychological and living stability.
For its part, the World Health Organization, through newly published reports, warned of the deterioration of family conditions and the high rate of domestic violence in a large number of countries of the world due to the increase in financial and living pressures resulting from the outbreak of the Corona pandemic on the one hand, and the survival of children and women in homes with partners who continuously harm them from On the other hand.
The last month of March, which witnessed the eighth date of the International Women's Day, did not end, as well as total closures of public life sites in almost every country in the world, except that the global statistics related to violence against women and the family have escalated remarkably with the continued stay at home and closure due to Corona, where The World Health Organization reports showed that the number of victims of domestic violence has doubled during the past few weeks, compared to the same period last year, in many countries including Britain and France, as well as in Arab countries such as Lebanon, which prompted the organization to warn of the need to take the necessary measures to protect The family's health is not only due to HIV infection, but also from the escalating violence against women and children, as they have to stay with abusive partners inside the house during health isolation.
The United Nations urged all governments to make the prevention of violence against women and to consider the harm caused by this violence, a key part of the national response plans to confront Coved 19, the most important of which is to provide easy and immediate channels for reporting violence, as well as ensuring the safety of women after reporting violence. In addition to establishing shelter centers to protect women and children within the basic facilities in the country.
The UN has identified 7 measures to improve the performance of governments in protecting women and children from violence, particularly during the current quarantine conditions, summarizing them as follows:
Increasing investment in electronic services and the work of civil society organizations.
Ensure that judicial systems continue to prosecute the aggressors.
Establishing emergency warning systems in pharmacies and stores.
• Announcing the inclusion of shelters for women who have been subjected to violence in the category of basic services facilities.
• Find safe ways for women to seek support, ensuring that aggressors are not alerted to seeking help.
• Avoid the release of prisoners convicted of violence against women, in any way.
Intensify public awareness campaigns, especially those targeting men and boys.