Keep Struggling Amid Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only targeting public health. The crisis situation due to the pandemic also gave rise to domestic violence and the economic downturn in the family.

When she decided to get married, IVN, 31, hoped to live a happy life with her husband. However, the dream foundered when her husband began to be rude, then beat her when he was angry. For the sake of their children, she tried to maintain their marriage.

However, after 15 years, IVN finally decided to separate from her husband. The mother of three children was no longer able to maintain the marriage. In mid-March 2020, when people were told to stay at home because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the woman from one of the villages in Keterongan district, Jombang, East Java, filed for divorce.