After being among the first countries in the region and worldwide, the fateful figure in the country fell 51.5 percent in 2022. Its a new breath for women who face an eminently a masculine environment discrimination against them, according to organizations defending their rights.

Although these statistics do not include cases of missing women, human trafficking, among others, there has been progress, according to experts on the subject.

A summary quoted by the newspaper El Mundo pointed out that the data reveals that January and March were the months with the highest number of feminicides, 12 for each month, and that the departments where the problem was most prevalent, were San Salvador with 14, La Libertad and Santa Ana with nine.

The documented Ormusa report stated that in 18 of the 64 feminicides, the perpetrator was the partner or ex-partner.

On the other hand, government agencies that are supposed to report these statistics point out that these data are ‘classified’.

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