Women's shelters: Much extreme violence at home in the pandemic

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Dortmund (dpa / lnw) - In the pandemic, women often hesitated for a long time for fear of infection and only sought refuge when the situation at home had already escalated.

Many women's shelters in North Rhine-Westphalia made this experience with those seeking help in the crisis year 2020, as the state working group of autonomous women's shelters reported.

"Some reported very late, in the pandemic year there was more extreme domestic violence," said LAG spokeswoman Claudia Fritsche of the German press agency.

The houses were practically all occupied.

Because of Corona, some women's shelters would not have been able to allocate all places to rectify the situation in 2020.

Gender Equality Minister Ina Scharrenbach emphasized that the support infrastructure for women affected by violence must be crisis-proof.

The state has steadily increased the funding for women's shelters since 2017 and is now promoting 64 women's shelters in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Women's shelters in NRW