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Economic crisis increases violence against women in El Salvador

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published July 15, 2009.

In El Salvador, as the economic crisis deepens and social services become scarce, violence against women is increasing. Forty women were murdered in the Central American country over the past 60 days, prompting social groups to demand investigations and solutions from the government.  FSRN reporter Ricardo Martinez has more from the capital city of San Salvador.