The
Prudencia Ayala Feminist Coalition, a group of feminist organizations in El Salvador, announced their platform and demands for 2009-2014. Their demands fall under the following seven themes:
- Comprehensive health for women
- Institutional and public policy
- Political participation: "women in power"
- Women's access to education
- Economic rights
- Autonomy over our own bodies
- Violence against women: "no more violence"
With regard to women's health, Coalition calls for reforms to the Salvadoran health care system so that it better serves Salvadoran women, which requires the recognition and incorporation of midwives into the public health care system, greater financial investment of educational programs that prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, the legalization of abortion up to 20 weeks of gestation, and the expansion of environmental law to ensure access to potable water and safe, healthy living environments.
The Coalition in particular demands that mining be prohibited as it is a threat to public health.
To read the rest of the demands, contact Sara Skinner at skinner@share-elsalvador.org.
- Sara Skinner, US Grassroots Coordinator
The Prudencia Ayala Feminist Coalition, a group of feminist organizations in El Salvador, announced their platform and demands for 2009-2014. Their demands fall under the following seven themes:
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