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Latin America shelters struggle to help women in coronavirus lockdowns

Bogota, Colombia/Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation The unassuming domestic violence shelter in the Mexican border city of Tapachula has been filled to capacity since January, and manager Elsa Simon already had to refuse three women seeking to escape abusive partners. With coronavirus lockdown measures intensifying, Simon worries she will be forced to turn away many […]