“The pandemic only gave visibility to what is invisible”: a qualitative analysis of structural violence during COVID-19 and impacts on gender-based violence in Brazil

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic produced alarming rates of disease and mortality globally, yet few nations were as severely impacted as Brazil. The pandemic also exposed and exacerbated persistent forms of structural violence across Brazil, which complicated gender-based violence (GBV) pre...

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Main Authors: Luissa Vahedi, Samantha McNelly, Nina Lukow, Anna Carolina Fonseca, Dorcas Erskine, Catherine Poulton, Lindsay Stark, Ilana Seff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16675-8