The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Marital Relations - Case Study Kosovo

The Pandemic Covid-19, did not leave Kosovo untouched. In addition to causing health and economic damages, it also has begun to affect negatively the psychosocial behaviors of people. The phenomenon of domestic violence has been present even before in Kosovo, but since the beginning of the pandemic Covid-19, the number of reports of domestic violence has been increased for 19.37%. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the influence of Covid-19 in increasing this number on family issue in Kosovo. The results show that Covid-19 had a significant impact on the increase of domestic violence because these cases have not been adequately treated by the police, the prosecution and the courts, which has led to a loss of confidence in the judiciary. The results also show that the non-functioning of the center for social work has led to domestic violence being tolerated and not reported in time. In this paper, analytical and descriptive methods will be used to explain the impact of Covid-19 on marital relationships and recommendations to be given to overcome this situation. The data to be used will be qualitative obtained from already published documents and data obtained from cases occurring during the time of pandemic and isolation