≠	Author¹ and title (¹arranged alphabetically)	Location	Article type	Subject area	Key messages
1	Boserup B, McKenney M and Elkbuli A (2020) Alarming trends in US domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic	USA study. USA based authors	Short article	Emergency medicine	Lack of established support. Important role of health care staff. Need for screening tools.
2	Bradbury-Jones C. and Isham L. (2020) The pandemic paradox: the consequences of COVID-19 on domestic violence	General study. UK based authors	Editorial	Clinical nursing	Survivors may not have access to online technologies/phone as they may be unaffordable and because of the control tactics of perpetrators. Lockdown measures give more power for perpetrators to act without scrutiny and consequence.
3	Bradley NL, DiPasquale AM, Dillabough K and Schneider PS (2020) Health care practitioners’ responsibility to address intimate partner violence related to the COVID-19 pandemic	General study. Canada based authors	Commentary	Health care workers	Necessity for safe emergency warning systems to be used by survivors such as safe words and signal for help.
4	Campbell AM (2020) An increasing risk of family violence during the Covid-19 pandemic: Strengthening community collaborations to save lives	USA study. USA Based author	Commentary	Forensic science	Perpetrator imposed restrictions and continued surveillance using technological means limit the ability of survivors to reach out for help electronically. Opportunities for abuse expanded by perpetrators’ use of COVID-19 as a weapon against survivors, includes forbidding handwashing in an attempt to increase the survivors’ fear of contracting the virus and threatening to prohibit medical treatment if the survivor contracts the virus. Exploring the impact of natural disaster literature may provide important insights. Need for community collaborations.
5	Dyer H, Stelly D and Watson GL (2020) Intimate partner violence: Using standardized patients to Improve trauma-informed care in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic	Barbados/general study. Barbados based authors	Opinion piece	Medicine	Importance for the medical training curriculum to include preparing students to be aware of their own traumatic experiences during the pandemic.
6	John N, Casey S, Carino and McGovern T (2020) Lessons Never Learned: Crisis and gender-based violence	USA study.USA based authors	Article-special issue	General IPV	COVID-19 exposes existing socio-economic inequalities, such as gender based violence. Measures such as quarantines have increased women’s exposure to violence as confinement in physical spaces along with economic and health shocks have increased household stress levels. Support services strained. Take into account lessons learned from prior emergencies to avoid ongoing mistakes. Urges the inclusion of women in all COVID-19 decision-making processes. The UN agencies UN Women and UNFPA have developed guidelines on gender-based violence and COVID-19 for governments to use.