SDG Blog 7

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 Among other Latin countries El Salvador is a Latin American country with high levels of gender inequality. Women in El Salvador experience "high rates of violence, limited access to family planning, and the full criminalization of abortion under all circumstances" (Equal measures, P. 2). Although strong human rights frameworks have been put into place for women and children they still experience hostility from authorities who are not carrying out these laws. The wage gender gap between men and women is 14 percent and women do not have as much access to education as men do. 



LAS DIGNAS | EL SALVADOR

Due to the lack of support from the government and authorities different women's movements have untied in hopes to achieve equal opportunities for Men and Women. Among the groups are Concertación Prudencia Ayala which combines organizations "including Las Dignas and Las Mélidas, two lead grantee partner organizations for the Fund for Gender Quality" (UN Women, P. 3). With a hunger for change activist began recording demands of women all over the country from rural to domestic and professional women so that they can find a way to tackle the issues. These women know it will take a long time to see actual change but they are willing to put in the work if it means on day there will be a change.

There is no official actual monetary cost to implementing this SDG agenda because it is all a movement and it is mainly about bringing attention to the matter and fighting for Women's rights. Gender inequality is a huge issue in El Salvador but the government does not see it as a priority which leaves women vulnerable and slows down the progress of gender equality. 


How Does Climate Change Relate to Gender Equality in El Salvador?

Climate change deeply impacts women in El Salvador and puts their "food security, human security, and the basic conditions necessary for poverty reduction at risk" (Oxfam, p. 1). Indigenous and rural women play a key role in adressing climate change especially because they have to ensure food security and adapt to the changes. Discrimination especially makes women vulnerable because of the fact that they are not given the right information and resources to effectively adapt to the changes.  58 million Latin American women live in rural areas "however only 30% of rural women own agricultural land and less than 5% have access to technical assistance" (Oxfam, p. 4). 

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How Long Will It take for El Salvador to reach SDG %? 

It is not a matter of how long but a matter of when will they start to take it carry out the law they have made that will make the country safer for women. We have seen how gender equality has made other countries to develop and until El Salvador decided to jump on board women will continue to suffer. Like every other country I have reported men in this country do not value women and would rather live in poverty than advance gender equality for the better good of women and their country. 


References

A Salvadoran Law to Achieve Equality Between Men and Women. UN Women, www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2011/12/a-salvadoran-law-to-achieve-equality-between-men-and-women. 

Change Is Coming. LoveThisPic, www.lovethispic.com/image/147317/change-is-coming. 

Equal Measures. Equal Measures 2030, data.em2030.org/countries/el_salvador/. 

Flag of El Salvador. Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Oct. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_El_Salvador. 

How Rural Women Are Adapting to Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean. Oxfam International, 20 May 2019, www.oxfam.org/en/how-rural-women-are-adapting-climate-change-latin-america-and-caribbean. 

Por Las Dignas El Salvador, and Por Las Dignas. “LAS DIGNAS: EL SALVADOR.” LAS DIGNAS | EL SALVADOR, www.lasdignas.org.sv/. 

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