Factors Affecting Violence Against Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review

Abstract

ABSTRACT Violence against women is one of the human rights solutions which tends to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various factors increase the incidence of violence against women. This systematic literature review aims to identify the factors that influence the increase in incidence in women. Study literature on the Science Direct, Pubmed, Cinahl, EBSCO host and Cochrane Library databases. The research design set on this systematic review is cross sectional, RCT and review studies in 2019- 2020. The initial search resulted in 313 articles and total of 5 articles were included in this systematic literature study through the PRISMA procedure and the Robvis bias assessment.The factors that influence the increase in the number of violence against women are personal factors, relationships, community and societal context. Keywords (3-6) : COVID-19, systematic review, violence, women