“…Several risk factors for VAW have been worsened by the pandemic lockdown and subsequent economic consequences of mitigation policies: quarantine or lockdown at home (Akel et al., 2020 ; Ebert & Steinert, 2021 ; Fawole et al., 2021 ; Lima, 2020 ; Maji et al., 2020 ; Uzobo & Ayinmoro, 2021 ; Viero et al., 2021 ; Vives‐Cases et al., 2021 ; Viveiros & Bonomi, 2020 ; Yakubovich & Maki, 2021 ), economic instability (Ebert & Steinert, 2021 ; Rayhan & Akter, 2021 ; Uzobo & Ayinmoro, 2021 ; Viero et al., 2021 ), under or unemployment (Ebert & Steinert, 2021 ; Maji et al., 2020 ; Rayhan & Akter, 2021 ; Vives‐Cases et al., 2021 ; Yakubovich & Maki, 2021 ), poor mental health of the VAW victim or perpetuator (Akel et al., 2020 ; Ebert & Steinert, 2021 ; Uzobo & Ayinmoro, 2021 ), care of a young child (Ebert & Steinert, 2021 ; Uzobo & Ayinmoro, 2021 ; Vives‐Cases et al., 2021 ), low educational level (Ebert & Steinert, 2021 ; Rayhan & Akter, 2021 ), and poverty (Ebert & Steinert, 2021 ; Maji et al., 2020 ; Rayhan & Akter, 2021 ). Government policies related to pandemic mitigation, and stress from the pandemic itself, may have increased societal risk factors for VAW (Uzobo & Ayinmoro, 2021 ).…”