Increase in trafficking of women due to pandemic: Nobel laureate
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased human trafficking of women and gender-based violence, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad has said. "As a result, women's health and safety are on the line", she added. Murad, who was forced into sexual slavery by Islamic State fighters in Iraq, said that the lockdowns and curfews "have had unintended consequences on women worldwide".