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Gloria Steinem Looks At Gender-Based Violence In El Salvador

Gloria Steinem Looks At Gender-Based Violence In El Salvador

by The Daily Eye Team June 20 2016, 9:35 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 33 secs

Gloria Steinem, in a new episode of the Viceland TV series “WOMAN” to be broadcast on 14 June (10pm ET/9pm CT), takes an unflinching look at gender-based violence in El Salvador, the country with the highest murder rate in the world.In El Salvador, a woman is murdered every 15 hours. Often they are killed in a vicious manner, their bodies mutilated and tortured solely to inflict pain. Ending a relationship, seeking a divorce or even getting married are all reasons why women are murdered in El Salvador. The men who carry out these murders know they will probably get away with it.

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