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THE RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT SERIES DEEP DIVES INTO RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND STUDIES FROM THE LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY’S FACULTY WHERE WE BREAK DOWN EACH RESEARCH’S KEY POINTS AND POLICY IMPACT.
INDIA’S SHADOW PANDEMIC AND TRENDS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Featured Faculty: Saravana Ravindran Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Amidst the various problems and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying lockdowns, a shadow pandemic of violence against women is growing, according to a statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of UN Women. In light of this, Assistant Professor Saravana Ravindran at the Lee
Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, co-authored COVID-19: “Shadow pandemic” and violence against women with Professor Manisha Shah from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs to investigate the changes in the magnitudes and types of violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns in India.
