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There are different forms of violence constructed in El Salvador such as political, gender, and structural violence. Women and children have been particular targets of violence, torture, and abuse. [23] [24] Gangs engage in sex trafficking in El Salvador as an alternative source of profit to drugs. [25] [26] [27]
Women in El Salvador are employed at lower rates than men, and on average make less in wages compared to their male counterparts. Nevertheless, as of 2014, women made 42.2% of the labor force. [16] When employed, women on average make 11.5 percent less than employed men. This disparity only increases as years of schooling increases.
The gang crackdown is officially known in El Salvador as the "State of Exception" (Spanish: régimen de excepción). [13] Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele and his government have described the crackdown itself as a "war" (guerra) [14] and also refer to it as the "War Against the Gangs" (guerra contra las pandillas).
Today femicide and abuse are driving suicide rates up among Salvadoran women, and forcing many to flee north to seek asylum in the U.S.
The three are among at least 17 Salvadoran women activists consider unjustly convicted and imprisoned following obstetric emergencies.
Abortion in El Salvador is strictly illegal, and the law allows for no exception. In El Salvador, if a woman miscarries, it is frequently assumed she deliberately induced an abortion or could have saved the baby but opted not to. Women who did not know they were pregnant or who could have prevented a miscarriage, face long prison terms. [9] [10]
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Infanticide and femicide are common, with El Salvador hosting the third-highest femicide rate in the world. In 2016, one in 5,000 Salvadoran women were killed. Legal impunity is a key factor. In femicide cases, only 5% result in convictions. [29] Violent retributions target enemy gangs as well as gang members' entire families, friends, and ...