This article highlights the key elements from a UN General Assembly in New York, where UN human right experts spoke on the severity the COVID-19 pandemic has had on violence against women in the United States. The current responses to the pandemic were described as "gender blind" as many of the lockdown and public closure measures put women at increased risk of domestic violence. The article covers pandemic related issues such as court and shelter closures, the confinement of women and children to their abusive households, and the inability to maintain a stable income, and how they have increased levels of violence