**4. Review report of gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic**

As stated earlier, the review from previous literature is presented in one board theme: Women confinement and gender-based violence during COVID-19 pandemic,


*Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Women's Mental Health: A Critical Review of Literature DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109109*



*Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Women's Mental Health: A Critical Review of Literature DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109109*


**Table 1.** *Reviewed articles.*

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reflecting women's emotional and physical abuse, sexual abuse, and financial abuse. Generally, these three sub-themes captured some of the contextual confinement experience that women across Africa encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic, which by extension could be similar to the experiences of women across the globe. The reviewed articles were from Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisian. The findings are presented in **Table 1**. Reviewed Articles, reflecting the thematic summary findings of the reviewed articles with emphasis on how the movement restriction has led to heightened increase of gender-based violence during the COVID-19 lockdown.
