Table 3.

Recommendations for Bolstering Resilience for Women who have Experienced IPV during COVID-19

1. Prioritize extending basic counselling services as COVID-19 is compounding experiences of trauma for women who have experienced IPV (e.g. increased duration of general benefits)

2. Prioritize designating shelters as essential services and communicating this to the general population to ensure they can maintain their operations throughout pandemics

3. Prioritize opening and maintaining walk-in social services, legal services, and housing services for women experiencing IPV during stay-at-home orders

4. Prioritize the provision of counselling and other social services through multiple mediums to accommodate those who need to evade surveillance to reach out for help (i.e. telephone, text-based, in-person with physical distancing, etc.)