Europe braces for domestic abuse ‘perfect storm’ amid coronavirus lockdown
Barcelona, Spain/London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Domestic abuse charities in Europe have called for hotels and holiday lets to be turned into refuges as they warned that coronavirus lockdowns would lead to a massive jump in the numbers of women fleeing violence. Governments, support services and charities are scrambling to help thousands of women facing weeks […]
ESSAY: HOW BATTLEFIELDS AROUND THE WORLD ARE FINDING NEW PURPOSE AS PARKS AND REFUGES
In an article first published on The Conversation, TODD LOOKINGBILL and PETER SMALLWOOD, of the University of Richmond in the US, look at how former fields of war are being repurposed as places celebrating peacefulness…