With isolation, domestic abuse activists fear ‘explosive cocktail’

“Safer at Home.” It’s a slogan of choice for the mandatory ( ) confinement ( ) measures aimed at curbing ( ) the spread of the coronavirus. But it’s not true for everyone.

As the world’s families hunker ( ) down, there’s another danger, less obvious but just as insidious ( ), that worries advocates ( ) and officials: a potential spike ( ) in domestic violence ( ) as victims spend day and night trapped at home with their abusers, with tensions ( ) rising, nowhere ( ) to escape, limited or no access ( ) to friends or relatives — and no idea when it will end.

“An abuser will use anything in their toolbox to exert ( ) their power and control, and COVID-19 is one of those tools,” said Crystal Justice, who oversees ( ) development at the National Domestic Violence Hotline, a 24/7 national hotline in the United States. In cities and towns everywhere, concern is high, and meaningful numbers are hard to come by ( ). In some cases, officials worry about a spike in calls, and in others, about a drop in calls, which might indicate that victims cannot find a safe way to reach out for help.

In Los Angeles, officials have been bracing ( ) for a spike in abuse. “When cabin fever ( ) sets in, give it a week or two, people get tired of seeing each other and then you might have domestic violence,” said Alex Villanueva, the sheriff ( )of Los Angeles County.

“One of the key challenges of this health pandemic is that home isn’t a safe place for everyone,” said Amanda Pyron, executive director of The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence, based in Chicago. “Victims and the abusers have to stay at the scene of the crime.”

Similar concerns have arisen in hard-hit ( ) continental Europe. In France, “it’s an explosive cocktail,” says Nathalie Tomasini, a leading lawyer for domestic violence victims there. Being trapped in an apartment with an abusive partner, she said, is akin to ( ) “a prison with no open window.”

In addition to intimate partner violence, concerns have also been raised about child abuse. In jurisdictions ( ) everywhere, the chief worry is not only that coronavirus tensions could trigger more abuse, but that with kids out of school, more cases could go unreported or unnoticed.

“If kids are not at school, those reports aren’t getting made,” said Jessica Seitz, public policy director for the advocacy group Missouri Kids First. “That’s really a crack ( ) in the system.”

Without educators ( ) in place, “We really need neighbors to check on next-door children and children in the neighborhood,” said Tom Rawlings, director of Georgia state’s Division of Family and Children Services.

Back at the National Domestic Violence Hotline, which is based in Austin, Texas but has staff working remotely now, advocates are urging people in potentially risky situations to use the more discreet ( ) chat and text options available on their website, and to formulate ( ) a personal safety plan. This could include setting up a standing call with relatives or establishing a code phrase to signal an emergency.

因疫情封城禁足 反促長家暴危機

為遏止冠狀病毒傳播而頒布的禁足令，選用「Safer at Home」（待在家更安全）作為口號，以強制民眾待在家。然而，待在家裡並非對每個人來說都會更安全。

當全世界的家庭都蟄居屋內，有識之士及官員也擔憂會有另一種危險（雖不像病毒的威脅顯而易見，卻也是同樣險惡）：受害者與施虐者每天從早到晚一同困在家中，可能會使家庭暴力事件激增──由於對峙情況加劇、無處可逃、與親朋好友缺乏往來，也不知道這一切何時會結束。

「施暴者利用所能掌握的任何工具來施加權力及控制，武漢肺炎便是其中一種工具」，「全國家暴熱線」主管克莉絲多‧賈斯提斯表示。該熱線為二十四小時全年無休的全美服務。各地的城鎮都非常關注此問題，但卻很難獲得有意義的數字。在某些情況，官員擔心求助電話數目激增；其他時候，則擔心電話數量減少，因為這可能表示受害者找不到安全的方式來尋求幫助。

在洛杉磯，政府一直在為施暴案的激增做準備。洛杉磯郡警長艾利克斯‧維拉紐瓦表示：「〔禁足〕大約一兩個星期後幽閉煩躁症發作，人們會對彼此感到厭倦，然後家庭暴力便可能會發生」。

「這種大流行病的主要挑戰之一是，家裡並非對每個人來說都是安全的地方」，芝加哥「網絡：反家暴倡議」（The Network: Advocating Against Domestic Violence）的執行董事阿曼達‧派蓉說道。「受害者與施暴者只能待在犯罪現場」。

受疫情重創的歐洲大陸也有類似問題引起關切。法國為家暴受害者辯護的名律師納塔莉‧托馬西尼表示，在法國，「這樣的混居是容易引爆的」。她說，跟有施暴傾向的伴侶一起困在公寓裡，就像是身處在「沒有窗戶的監獄」。

除了親密伴侶的暴力，虐待兒童問題也引發關注。各地的司法機關主要的擔憂的，不僅是冠狀病毒之緊張情勢可能引發更多的虐童事件，而是孩子不上學，可能會讓更多案件沒被通報或未被察覺。

倡議團體「密蘇里州兒童優先組織」（Missouri Kids First）的公共政策主任潔西卡‧塞茲表示：「如果孩子們不在學校，這些案件就不會被通報」。「這真是系統的漏洞」。

喬治亞州家庭與兒童服務處主管湯姆‧洛林斯表示，沒有教育工作者在崗位上，「我們真的需要鄰居來查看隔壁和附近的孩子」。

上述全國家暴熱線之辦公室設於德州奧斯汀市，但其人員目前是以遠距方式工作。該熱線呼籲身處此風險境地的人在聊天及傳簡訊時使用更秘密的網站選項，並擬定人身安全計畫。這可包括設定聯繫親戚的常備電話，或建立通關密語來表示緊急狀況。

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Happy Sunday!

Here's a charity campaign I did some years ago, depicting Rosie the Riveter. She was a cultural icon during World War II as she represented women who had to work as the men were at war.

Now, may she represent all our frontline and essential workers that head out every day to keep our country moving.

May it also represent each of us, as we hunker down and stay home to make sure we can get through this together.

Stay home and stay safe! We CAN do this!

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註 4:17
這邊說的「進化」是我們自己的用語。實際上這種因為體內激素轉變而改變習性、能力與外觀的「動作」叫做什麼，中文世界沒有精準的翻譯，英文通常也只用 become（變成）這類的動詞而已。

各節重點：
00:59 上千億隻蝗蟲的攻擊！
02:38 蚱蜢餓肚子，就會變蝗蟲？
03:20 蝗蟲餓肚子，就會超進化？！高清無碼蝗蟲出沒警告！
05:10 大謎團：蝗災到底是怎麼結束的？
06:33 今年的蝗災會進入中國嗎？
08:34 我們的觀點
09:25 提問
09:53 掰比

【 製作團隊 】

｜企劃：歡歡
｜腳本：歡歡
｜剪輯後製：絲繡
｜剪輯助理：中藥
｜演出：志祺

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【 本集參考資料 】

→ 🦗 中央社東非蝗災數十年僅見 宛如聖經景象[影]：http://bit.ly/2uS7Yos
→ 🦗 DQ｜舉目所及都是蝗蟲 東非地區陷蟲蟲危機：http://bit.ly/2uMZiQ3
→ 🦗 自由時報｜蝗災不止！索馬利亞宣布進入「國家緊急狀態」：http://bit.ly/2vAtvCf
→ 🦗 中央社｜人道危機逼近東非 蝗災肆虐1300萬人嚴重缺糧：http://bit.ly/2x3EUeh
→ 🦗 India Today｜How India saved itself from desert locust invasion on crops：http://bit.ly/2TwE94Z
→ 🦗 Science｜In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol：http://bit.ly/2IiHfnS
→ 🦗 自由時報｜東非蝗災蔓延亞洲 印度16.8萬公頃農田遭殃：http://bit.ly/2VFrdg0
→ 🦗 維基｜直翅目：http://bit.ly/2x7BHun
→ 🦗 How a single locust becomes a plague：https://bbc.in/2TjnYJs
→ 🦗 【KTV】龐麥郎-我的滑板鞋 官方MV：http://bit.ly/39eMWiJ
→ 🦗 中央社｜東非蝗災肆虐 沙漠蝗蟲大舉攻進南蘇丹：http://bit.ly/2PHAIHG
→ 🦗 Hunker｜Life Cycle of Locusts：http://bit.ly/3al8Row
→ 🦗 In Somalia, an unprecedented effort to kill massive locust swarms with biocontrol：http://bit.ly/2IiHfnS
→ 🦗 農傳媒｜蝗蟲過境戒備！揭非洲沙漠飛蝗的歷史不歸路止於此：http://bit.ly/2Ickv9e
→ 🦗 how did locust plague usually end：http://bit.ly/32JNJWs
→ 🦗 Hunker｜Life Cycle of Locusts：http://bit.ly/3al8Row
→ 🦗 維基｜中國蝗災史：http://bit.ly/3aq8Zmy
→ 🦗 香港01｜【歷史探秘】夥伴皆驚「蝗」　當古代中國人遇上蝗蟲（上）：http://bit.ly/2TCbtHO
→ 🦗 香港01｜蝗災惶哉：中國如何應對這場昆蟲戰：http://bit.ly/38isU5x
→ 🦗 香港01｜【亞非蝗禍】放雞鴨可以對付沙漠蝗？　科普雜誌解釋為何不可行：http://bit.ly/39jmUe1
→ 🦗 人民網｜新疆:１０萬鴨子滅蝗蟲：http://bit.ly/2Trr5Oc

【 延伸閱讀 】

→ 🦗 立場新聞｜中國百年蝗災回顧 — 天災與人禍：http://bit.ly/2TzD4cB
→ 🦗 香港01｜【歷史探秘】中國蝗神信仰的始終：八蜡廟與劉猛將軍：http://bit.ly/2Ig5i72
→ 🦗 20140624 科技苑 牧鸡治蝗：http://bit.ly/2TinEuB
→ 🦗 China will not send ducks to tackle locusts in Pakistan, says expert：http://bit.ly/2wqpuAm

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Me & Kord were participating to an exhibition event in Ipoh and we plan to do wild camping rather than stay in a hotel.We drove to the nearby forest park to hunker down