COVID-19 has halted and radically change the world in so many ways. While the world learns to adapt to a new normal, it is still ignoring one crucial group and its passivity has led to what some are calling, "a shadow pandemic." The forgotten group is women and girls, the underground pandemic is increased rates of gender-based violence (GBV) worldwide. The increase of GBV during global health emergencies is not a new phenomenon, similar spikes were seen during Zika and Ebola, epidemics primarily concentrated on the African continent. However, this is not a continental issue; increases in calls to domestic violence hotlines have increased in Europe, Latin America, and the United States as well.