Among the 598 deaths of women, there is a significant increase in those related to partners or ex-partners, and 2023 will be one of the deadliest of the last five years for women, the organization said as it expressed concern about the situation of women Violence against women, the so-called weaker sex, was expressed massively and unchanged.
There is a denying narrative of the problem of violence and insecurity, especially for women, and despite the approval of a “state of emergency” and a decrease in the murder indicator, violent deaths committed against them in relationships of trust, mainly as a couple, have not changed, the network added added.
According to the Ministry of Security’s National System of Data, Statistics and Information on Violence Against Women, the National Bureau of Statistics and Census and the ORMUSA Observatory on Violence Against Women, 230 femicides were reported in 2019, of which 17 were due to relationships of trust.
Redfem’s Silvia Juárez, quoted by the Colatino newspaper, warned that “not all signs of violence against women have undergone a significant change in favor of or the disappearance of insecurities.”
On the contrary, he stressed, “we note that there is an increase in violent deaths of women compared to deaths committed in relationships of trust, that is, continuing at the same pace. “Ascension”.
On the other hand, Supreme Court administrative records show that of the 11,935 domestic violence cases heard in courts nationwide, 83 percent are against women and, on average, 77 percent of perpetrators are men.
“As already mentioned, the situation of violence against women in El Salvador is critical and is worsening not only due to the dismantling and weakening of the state’s subsystems of protection against sexist violence, but also due to the use of institutions to carry out direct, cultural violence and social violence. “Structural violence against women,” explained Redfem.
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