Twitter Teams Up With UN Women, UN Human Rights Office to Combat the ‘Shadow Pandemic’

There have been 1 million tweets per month about domestic violence and related issues since Covid-19 lockdowns began in March

Twitter detailed its initiatives to promote awareness of the issue of domestic violence and mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Nov. 25 and International Human Rights Day Dec. 10.

The social network discussed the “shadow pandemic,” saying in a blog post that for every three months that Covid-19 lockdowns continue, the United Nations Population Fund estimates that 15 million more women are expected to be directly affected by violence.

Twitter said in a blog post this week that since shelter-in-place orders began taking effect in March, there have been 1 million tweets per month about domestic violence and related issues and, in 2020 as a whole, there have been 40 million tweets about women’s rights.

The social network teamed up with UN

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