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Khin Khin Mra
FRONTIER (Myanmar)

"...The Ministry of Health’s 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey found that more than one in five married women had been beaten by their husbands, and more than half of women believed that wife beating was justified in certain circumstances. Only 1pc sought help from the police and more than one-third never told anyone what they had been through..."

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Khin Khin Mra
FRONTIER (Myanmar)

"...The Ministry of Health’s 2015-16 Demographic and Health Survey found that more than one in five married women had been beaten by their husbands, and more than half of women believed that wife beating was justified in certain circumstances. Only 1pc sought help from the police and more than one-third never told anyone what they had been through..."

URL to article: https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-problem-with-staying-at-home-covid-19-and-domestic-violence/