A Mexican woman details the physical and mental abuse she suffered at the hands of two husbands.
This article was produced as a project for the 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund at USC's Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
This article was produced as a project for the 2021 Domestic Violence Impact Reporting Fund at USC's Annenberg Center for Health Journalism....
Project: The Number of Immigrant Women Who Were Victims of Domestic Violence Increased During the Pandemic
Many immigrant women were already vulnerable before due to their immigration status; the lockdown worsened their situation.
Muchas mujeres inmigrantes ya eran vulnerables al abuso conyugal, por ser indocumentadas y poco preparadas; la pandemia agudizó ese problema.
Mexicana relata abuso físico y mental en dos matrimonios.
No one in Venancio Martinez’s family had ever had the disease. He remembers feeling relatively good in its early stages and did not feel the need to go to the doctor to check himself regularly.
Latinos are 50 percent more likely to develop kidney problems, studies show.
This article was produced as a project for the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Fellowship.