Demand for counselling services spikes in Palestine amid COVID-19 lockdown

GAZA STRIP, Palestine –“Sometimes I feel that this is a nightmare that I will eventually wake up from, but the nightmare is never-ending and I do not know how much longer I can handle this,” T.C.* told UNFPA.  She is a resident in Al-Bureij camp, one of the poorest and most crowded camps in the Gaza Strip. Her husband, a taxi driver, has long been both physically and verbally abusive, but the situation took a dramatic turn for the worse under the COVID-19 pandemic.The abuse became a daily occurrence. T.C. felt she was “not living anymore,” she said.  
Source: UNFPA News - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news