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Central America

Within this sub-region, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 3 countries, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

Central America is home to countries of high (Panama 54) to medium (Guatemala 116) levels of human development, in addition to many emerging post- conflict countries. According to the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI), Guatemala ranks at 109, El Salvador at 90, Nicaragua at 30, in contrast to the regional high country of Costa Rica at 28.

For information on National Action Plans in the region for SCR 1325, please click here. 

 

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  • April 10, 2013 (IPS)
    EL SALVADOR: Impunity, Machismo Fuel Femicides in El Salvador Several brutal, high-profile murders of women in the last few weeks in El Salvador are just the latest reminder that this is one of the countries in the world with the highest number of femicides, the term used to describe the killing of women because they are female.
  • April 2, 2013 (ABC News)
    GUATEMALA: Faces Covered, Rape Victims Testify at Trial of Guatemala's Former Military Strongman Indigenous women were systematically gang-raped by Guatemala soldiers and members of paramilitary groups during the country's 36-year civil war, victims testified Tuesday at the trial of the country's U.S.-backed strongman.
  • March 24, 2013 (CBC)
    GUATEMALA: Guatemalan Women Sue Canadian Mining Company for Rape On Wednesday March 20, Rios Montt, the former president of Guatemala, went on trial for genocide and crimes against humanity in Guatemala City. It is the first time ever, anywhere in the world, that a country has prosecuted an ex-head of state for genocide.
  • January 22, 2013 (Independent Wone's Forum)
    GUATEMALA: Five Murdered Women the Latest Victims of Guatemala's War on Women Last week, 35-year-old Carmen Virginia Tuez Franco was found murdered in Guatemala City alongside her niece Silvia Matilde Gaitan Franco. Murders in Guatemala are among the most frequent in the world, but the nation was shocked when Carmen's two daughter's bodies were found on the outskirts of town. Carmen's daughters, Rosiaro and Andy, were only six and eleven years of age
  • January 17, 2013 (Costa Rica Star)
    LATIN AMERICA: Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Against Women is Widespread in 12 Latin American Countries A new report published by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that in 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries studied, between 17% and 53% of women interviewed reported having suffered physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner. In seven of the countries, more than one in four women reported such violence.

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