Examining the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cases of Violence Against Women: An Evaluation Through Media News

Year 2024, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 102 - 109, 31.08.2024

Şehbal Yeşilbaş , Emine Tiriç , Metin Pıçakçıefe , Bahadır Dede , Merve Savaş Aksakal

https://doi.org/10.47572/muskutd.1441052

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency of violence against women cases in our country through media news. It is a retrospective descriptive study. Using keywords, the news of the five national newspapers with the highest circulation were examined retrospectively, covering two years before and during the pandemic. The information in the data collection form was recorded in the SPSS file as much as available for each media news. Data were collected between August 1-31, 2022. Ethics committee permission was obtained. SPSS 22.0 package program was used in data analysis, and descriptive statistics were given as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Of the violence news examined, 29.5% occurred before the pandemic, and 70.5% occurred during the pandemic. The mean age of the victims of violence was 33.67±12.25 years, and the mean age of the perpetrators was 38.11±11.94 years. During the pandemic, the frequency of violence increased in the Marmara region, in the winter season, during daylight hours, in the home environment and among married women. In addition, it was observed that the frequency of violent cases in the form of beating and strangulation was increased while the frequency of death following violence was decreased. In order to prevent violence against women, it may be recommended to conduct awareness-raising activities at the societal level, keep regular records on a national scale, identify risk groups for intimate partner violence (risk-oriented approach), and plan more effective and solution-oriented measures by conducting detailed studies questioning social and demographic factors.

Keywords

COVID-19 Pandemic, Physical Violence, News, Violence Against Women, Intimate Partner Violence

Ethical Statement

The study was approved by the Medical and Health Sciences Ethics Committee of the Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (Date:19.07.2022, No:52).

Supporting Institution

We did not receive any financial support in this study.

COVID 19 Pandemisinin Kadına Yönelik Şiddet Olgularına Etkisinin İncelenmesi: Medya Haberleri Üzerinden Bir Değerlendirme

Abstract

Bu çalışmada ülkemizde COVİD-19 pandemisinin kadına yönelik şiddet olgularının sıklığına etkisinin medya haberleri üzerinden değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Retrospektif tanımlayıcı bir çalışmadır. Anahtar sözcükler kullanılarak tirajı en yüksek beş ulusal gazetenin haberleri pandemi öncesi iki yıl ve pandemi dönemi iki yılı kapsayacak şekilde retrospektif olarak incelenmiştir. Veri toplama formunda ki bilgiler her medya haberi için ulaşılabildiği kadarı ile SPSS dosyasına kaydedilmiştir. Veriler 1-31 Ağustos 2022 tarihleri arasında toplanmıştır. Etik kurul izni alınmıştır. Veri analizinde SPSS 22.0 paket programı kullanılmış, tanımlayıcı istatistikler; sayı, yüzde, ortalama, standart sapma olarak verilmiştir. İncelenen şiddet haberlerinin %29.5’i pandemi öncesinde, %70.5’i pandemi döneminde meydana gelmiştir. Şiddet mağduru kadınların yaş ortalaması 33.67±12.25, uygulayıcılarının yaş ortalaması 38.11±11.94’dür. Pandemi döneminde Marmara bölgesinde, kış mevsiminde, gündüz saatlerinde, ev ortamında ve evli olanlarda şiddet sıklığı artmıştır. Ayrıca darp, boğma şeklinde gerçekleşen şiddet olgularının sıklığının arttığı, şiddet sonrası ölüm sıklığının ise azaldığı görülmüştür. Kadına yönelik şiddetin önlenmesi için toplumsal düzeyde farkındalık çalışmaları yapılması, ulusal çapta düzenli kayıtların tutulması, yakın partner şiddeti için risk gruplarını tanımlayan (risk odaklı yaklaşım), sosyal ve demografik faktörleri sorgulayan ayrıntılı çalışmalar yapılarak daha etkili ve çözüm odaklı önlemler planlanması önerilebilir.

Keywords

COVID-19 Pandemisi, Fiziksel Şiddet, Haberler, Kadına Yönelik Şiddet, Yakın Partner Şiddeti

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