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El Salvador

El Salvador has a population estimated at 6.2 million (UN, 2009) with an area of 21,041 sq km (8,124 sq miles). The capital is San Salvador. 

  • El Salvador ratified The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on August 19, 1981
  • El Salvador does not have a National Action Plan on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325)
  • El Salvador had a UN peacekeeping mandate: United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) from July 1991 to April 1995

Sources:BBC; Amnesty International; UNIFEM

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  • February 6, 2012 (Latina Lista)
    EL SALVADOR: Women of El Salvador Start the New Year with a Special Law Protecting Them In El Salvador in 1930, the first female president in all of Latin America was elected. Her name was Prudencia Ayala and she led the way in history to proclaim the equality of rights. Twenty years after that declaration, the government, in 1950, granted full equality for both sexes in El Salvador.
  • January 16, 2012 (Deccan Chronicle)
    EL SALVADOR: Three women tortured, killed in El Salvador The bodies of three women who appeared to have been tortured were found inside a ramshackle dwelling east of San Salvador, El Salvador's National Civilian Police, or PNC, said.
  • July 8, 2011 (Gulf News)
    INTERNATIONAL: Salute To Women Driving Revolutions Limiting violence is the first step in creating an equitable society where their dignity is safeguarded and they have a voice. What do driving, voting, wearing pants, and protesting have in common? They are forms of political expression for many women in the Arab world right now. This political expression is often a basic effort to participate in political systems and give voice to simple needs like getting to work, or taking a child to school, as well as more powerful human needs of influencing a movement for major political change.
  • May 24, 2011 (The Christian Science Monitor)
    EL SALVADOR: Violence Against Women Rises in El Salvador Non-governmental organization Salvadoran Women for Peace (Organizacion de Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz - ORMUSA), which tracks violence against women, reported that, according to police statistics, there were 160 such murders committed in the country in the first three months of the year. This would put the country on track for a record 640 such killings in 2011 - higher than any year since the organization began to track the issue in 1999.
  • May 4, 2011 (The Financial)
    EL SALVADOR: IFC, AMC Strengthen Financial Services for El Salvador's Women and Rural Entrepreneurs IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is working with AMC, the second-largest microfinance institution in El Salvador, to enhance the availability of financial services for the country's underserved populations, especially in rural areas and for women entrepreneurs.

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United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

 

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