Victimization rates (per 100,000 women) for crimes against women established —without femicides— in the Special Comprehensive Law for a Life Free of Violence for Women, El …

El Salvador is the only country in the world with a law against “femicide suicide” — the crime of driving a woman or girl to suicide by abusing them. The law, enacted in 2012 as part of …

of gender-based violence in El Salvador. This report focuses on the specifics of sexual violence in El Salvador. The statistical data presented in this document have been obtained through the …

May 14, 2019 · Sixty-seven percent of Salvadoran women have suffered some form of violence in their lifetime, including sexual assault, intimate partner violence and abuse by family members, …

Jul 16, 2024 · Sexual violence is pervasive in El Salvador, disproportionately affecting women and girls. Between 2019 and 2022, official data show that 22,745 women and girls were victims of …

domestic and sexual violence, and femicide ; substantial barriers to sexual and reproductive health services access; trafficking in persons, including forced labor; and crimes involving …

Sexual violence (art. 9): is any conduct that threatens or violates the right of a woman to voluntarily decide her sexual life, including not only the sexual act but all forms of sexual …

Pervasive sex and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, together known as the “Northern Triangle of Central America” (NTCA), is perpetrated by …

Mar 4, 2018 · While a majority of El Salvador’s homicide victims are young men from poor urban areas, the gangs’ practice of explicitly targeting girls for sexual violence or coerced …

In 2018, 5.7% of women aged 15-49 years reported that they had been subject to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months. Also, …