Domestic violence surge as schools reopens

There is a big surge today in kenya as schools reopens for the first time after the covid 19 lockdown.For the last 7 months that children have been at home, not all who were at school will get an opportunity to go back to school again. This is so sad because of the covid 19 crisis which lead to increase in violence against children. More and more children are victims of hate, bullying, and violence online because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new United Nations report said. According to the experts, without access to the support networks such as educators, friends and extended families they usually find at school, some children have been stranded in abusive homes with no place to turn for help as schools are locked down to control the spread of the coronavirus. Overall, about a billion children suffer from physical, sexual, or psycholog abuse each year, especially in places where the governments have failed to set up support programs. COVID-19 isolation is making the problem worse. “There is never any excuse for violence against children,” said World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. In Iran, ofwe