Understanding the Normalization of Violence: Gender Based Violence in Contemporary El Salvador
Conference Year
January 2021
Abstract
This study offers potential explanations for the extremely high rates of gender based violence experienced by women in El Salvador in the past 10-15 years. I explore the roles of organized crime, the long-term effects of the civil war (1980-1992), and women’s gradually rising levels of autonomy as potential contributors toward heightened amounts of violence against women in El Salvador (VAW). Next, I assess the measures implemented by the Salvadoran government, and gage their effectiveness in combatting this VAW epidemic.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Caroline Beer
Status
Undergraduate
Student College
College of Arts and Sciences
Second Student College
Patrick Leahy Honors College
Program/Major
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Second Program/Major
Spanish
Primary Research Category
Arts & Humanities
Secondary Research Category
Social Sciences
Understanding the Normalization of Violence: Gender Based Violence in Contemporary El Salvador
This study offers potential explanations for the extremely high rates of gender based violence experienced by women in El Salvador in the past 10-15 years. I explore the roles of organized crime, the long-term effects of the civil war (1980-1992), and women’s gradually rising levels of autonomy as potential contributors toward heightened amounts of violence against women in El Salvador (VAW). Next, I assess the measures implemented by the Salvadoran government, and gage their effectiveness in combatting this VAW epidemic.