GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE DISPATCH - COVID-19 Lockdowns and Gender-Based Violence across Ethnic Groups in Guatemala

This publication aims to focus on the intersection of gender-based violence and the rule of law by examining how legal frameworks, judicial system responses, and public policy contribute to the ways in which gender-based violence is—and is not—addressed around the world. [...] Once the unit receives a complaint from a victim and services have been ren- violence incidents across Guatemala.” dered to the victim, the complaint goes to the PNC, which initiates an investigation in coordination with the Public Ministry, which grants authorization to the PNC to make any necessary arrests.13 Services DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES involved include initial attention toward the victim’. [...] shutdowns.28 As with past research, multiple techniques were utilized to assess the relationship between the pan- “Results show that domestic violence demic lockdown and domestic violence.23 First, sim- increased for both Ladinos and ple descriptive graphs depicting counts of domestic violence for all data as well as the intervention Mayans during this time.” date of March 29 were created. [...] In began, domestic violence increased to 1.06 cases addition, future analyses of domestic violence need per day, however the post-estimation command to incorporate more self-reported instances, to bet- shows that this jump was not statistically asso- ter consider the ramifications of COVID-19 and its ciated with the lockdown, but likely due to some lockdowns across these groups. [...] DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION “Guatemalans need to ensure that their law enforcement and judicial Results of this study showed that during the pan- demic, domestic violence increased for both Ladi- systems continue to investigate and nos and Mayans.