From the Ted Talk by Kemi DaSilva-Ibru: The shadow pandemic of domestic violence during COVID-19
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Open Cloze
Global estimates published by the WHO indicate that one in three _____ worldwide have experienced an act of violence. And this was before the lockdown. In March, an ________ in the number of cases of ________ against women was becoming apparent across the world, amounting to a shadow pandemic that we are now faced with globally. In France for example, there was a 30 percent increase in the number of cases of domestic violence. And in Argentina, emergency calls from domestic violence cases _________ by 25 percent. In the first two weeks of the lockdown in Lagos _____, our emergency phone lines rang nonstop, and we recorded a 64 percent increase in calls from women _______ at home with their abusers, in fear for their lives.
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Original Text
Global estimates published by the WHO indicate that one in three women worldwide have experienced an act of violence. And this was before the lockdown. In March, an increase in the number of cases of violence against women was becoming apparent across the world, amounting to a shadow pandemic that we are now faced with globally. In France for example, there was a 30 percent increase in the number of cases of domestic violence. And in Argentina, emergency calls from domestic violence cases increased by 25 percent. In the first two weeks of the lockdown in Lagos State, our emergency phone lines rang nonstop, and we recorded a 64 percent increase in calls from women trapped at home with their abusers, in fear for their lives.