Nairobi, April 11 -- Imagine what life would be like if you are locked up with an aggressive, controlling, often violent person 24 hours a day with no possibility of escape.
That is the reality which many women are experiencing as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.
The charity Refuge says calls for help to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline shot up by 25 per cent after restrictions on people's movements, the Stay At Home campaign, were introduced by the government.
One woman, Tara, who asked the media not to reveal her real name, said she had been suffering physical and mental abuse from her partner for six months and things became worse when the lockdown began.
To start, the abuse was subtle, "isolating me from my family and frien...