Wall Street Journalのインスタグラム(wsj) - 12月21日 09時10分


"It is better not to have a daughter here."⠀

El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala annually register the deaths of thousands of young men who shoot, stab, bludgeon and asphyxiate each other, often in gang-related violence. Now, Central America's so-called Northern Triangle is turning deadly for women, too.⠀

El Salvador, a country of 6 million, has seen homicides of women more than double since 2013, to 469 last year. The homicide rate per 100,000 women, at 13.5, is more than six times that of the U.S., with Honduras and Guatemala close behind. What amounts to a public health crisis has women of all ages living in fear, according to researchers and interviews with dozens of women in El Salvador. Gang violence has turbocharged the problem, but doesn't explain all of it.⠀

"Women are looked down upon as they grow up, making them second-class citizens," said Silvia Juárez, a lawyer with the Organization of Salvadoran Women for Peace, which catalogs violence against women. "Homicides will only be brought under control when we teach society that women’s lives are worth more."⠀

Read more at the link in our bio. ⠀

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