El Salvador · 26 January, 2019

Impact of public policies to combat violence against women in El Salvador

EUROsociAL+, the European Union in El Salvador and UN Women Latin America are cooperating with the Salvadoran Institute for the Development of Women and the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in the measurement of Gender Violence with the Monitoring Mechanism of the Belém Do Pará Convention to prevent, sanction and eradicate violence against women in Latin America. In this way we seek to determine the impact of public policies and contribute more effectively to the eradication of this kind of violence.

Country: El Salvador
SDG: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice and strong institutions
Policy area: Democratic governance policies, Gender equality policies