With families in various stages of lockdown across the world, hotlines are apparently lighting up with abuse reports, leaving authorities and government officials to figure out how to handle domestic violence cases amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. One new report revealed that about 10% of all contacts made to domestic abuse hotlines cited COVID-19 as a condition of their situation.
Through the power and medium of music, singer-songwriter Piera Van de Wiel is fundraising for women and girls who are survivors of violence with the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. This has been initiated through the new Spotify fundraiser option and her new single “USED.”