Sexual Harassment of Girls Under 10 and Their Vulnerability During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review Study
Subject Areas :Soodeh Dashtiane 1 * , fatemeh taheri 2
1 - Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Fatemieh Institute of Higher Education, Shiraz; Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran.
2 - BA Student in Psychology. Fatemiyeh Shiraz, Institute of Higher Education. Shiraz. Iran
Keywords: Sexual Injury, COVID-19, Sexual Health, Sexual Harassment, Girls.,
Abstract :
This study aims to investigate the sexual harassment of girls and the injuries inflicted on them during the quarantine period of the coronavirus pandemic. This narrative review involved a comprehensive search of databases, including PubMed, Science Direct, Civilica, Noormags, SID, Springer, and Google Scholar, reviewing published articles on the sexual abuse of girls during the Covid-19 outbreak in recent years. The articles revealed contradictory and dual results. In the early stages of COVID-19, there were signs of resilience in the general population with an extraordinary ability to bounce back and adapt. However, during the coronavirus pandemic and quarantine conditions, the environment for violence, mistreatment at home, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse against girls was fostered. Therefore, educating and informing parents, as well as educating and informing girls, can be very effective in this regard. For this reason, one of the ways to improve this situation is to increase the awareness and knowledge of parents and daughters, in various means during the corona pandemic.
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