ADR and its applications to women-related disputes (Part 2 of 3)

  Violence against women is a matter of grave concern. The immediate and long-term physical, sexual, and mental consequences for them can prove to be absolutely devastating. Arbitrary killings, torture, and sexual violence against women have been on the rise and people all over the world are trying to find ways to redress these issues, which has accordingly resulted in the interest around the scope of Alternate Dispute Resolution in helping resolve them. A 2018 analysis of prevalence data from 2000-2018 across 161 countries and areas, conducted by WHO on behalf of the UN Interagency working group on violence against women, found that worldwide, nearly 1 in 3, or 30%, of women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or non-partner sexual violence or both 1 . Such staggering figures indicate the need to address this problem immediately. Moreover, lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and its social and economic impacts have further increased th...