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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In El Salvador, you can purchase | In El Salvador, you can purchase condoms and oral contraceptives (birth control pills) without a prescription.<ref>[http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/worldmap/worldmap.html Global Oral Contraception Availability]</ref> <ref>[Online conversation with El Salvador local, December 2017]</ref> According to a 2015 report, 70.7% of Salvadoran women (who are married or in unions) use some form of contraception, including traditional methods. The most common forms of contraception are female sterilization (34.4%), injectables (19.5%), pills (4.8%) and male condoms (4.2%).<ref>[http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | ||
Contraceptive Use Worldwide 2015]</ref> | |||
El Salvador has one of the highest rates of female sterilization in Latin America and the Caribbean. The rise in female sterilization began in the late 1970s, when many women began obtaining tubal ligation. Between 1975 and 1985, the number of women (of childbearing age) who had been sterilized rose from 10% to 31%. Many of the women who have received sterilization are quite young (in 2004, almost 25% of women under 30 had been sterilized), and young women often regret getting the procedure done so early in their lives. It is common for young women to try to reverse the surgery. Typically, women are offered the option of sterilization when they're obtaining prenatal or post-natal care (as a way to prevent future births), and they say that they often choose to have the surgery because they're concerned about the reliability or side effects of contraceptives.<ref>[http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2010/elsalvador.aspx El Salvador Survey Shows Lower Fertility, Increased Contraceptive Use]</ref> | El Salvador has one of the highest rates of female sterilization in Latin America and the Caribbean. The rise in female sterilization began in the late 1970s, when many women began obtaining tubal ligation. Between 1975 and 1985, the number of women (of childbearing age) who had been sterilized rose from 10% to 31%. Many of the women who have received sterilization are quite young (in 2004, almost 25% of women under 30 had been sterilized), and young women often regret getting the procedure done so early in their lives. It is common for young women to try to reverse the surgery. Typically, women are offered the option of sterilization when they're obtaining prenatal or post-natal care (as a way to prevent future births), and they say that they often choose to have the surgery because they're concerned about the reliability or side effects of contraceptives.<ref>[http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2010/elsalvador.aspx El Salvador Survey Shows Lower Fertility, Increased Contraceptive Use]</ref> | ||
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===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||
* [http://www.hablamederespeto.org/website/ Háblame de Respeto]: "Háblame de Respeto is an integral model to prevent gender violence, created in 2014 by the Latitudes Foundation. The general objective is to deconstruct the social paradigm that perceives violence against women as normal." | |||
===Costs=== | ===Costs=== | ||
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==List of Additional Resources== | ==List of Additional Resources== | ||
* [http://www.salud.gob.sv/ Ministry of Health]: Address: Calle Arce, San Salvador, El Salvador; Phone: +503 2591 7000 | |||
* [http://www.ads.org.sv/home/ The Asociación Demográfica Salvadoreña (ADS)]: "The Asociación Demográfica Salvadoreña (ADS) works to deliver high quality family planning services to people across the country, with a particular emphasis on poor, marginalized, vulnerable and under-served groups... ADS services points include permanent clinics, mobile facilities, about community-based distributors/services (CBDs/CBSs) and commercial marketing outlets. ADS is the main supplier of condoms in the country and is the El Salvador's second most important source of voluntary surgical contraception." (description from the [https://www.ippf.org/about-us/member-associations/el-salvador IPPF page]). Call +503 2132 8000. Email: info@ads.org.sv | |||
* [http://www.share-elsalvador.org/ormusa ORMUSA]: "ORMUSA, the Organization of Salvadoran Women for Peace, is dedicated to working for gender equality and economic, social and political women’s empowerment." | * [http://www.share-elsalvador.org/ormusa ORMUSA]: "ORMUSA, the Organization of Salvadoran Women for Peace, is dedicated to working for gender equality and economic, social and political women’s empowerment." | ||
* [http://www.lasmelidas.org/ Melida Anaya Montes Women’s Movement (MAM)]: "MAM is a feminist organization founded in 1992 that works to promote women’s rights through education and health promotion, programs to combat gender-related violence, citizen engagement and the promotion of labour rights. The organization operates at the national level, working in 11 of the country’s 14 departments." | * [http://www.lasmelidas.org/ Melida Anaya Montes Women’s Movement (MAM)]: "MAM is a feminist organization founded in 1992 that works to promote women’s rights through education and health promotion, programs to combat gender-related violence, citizen engagement and the promotion of labour rights. The organization operates at the national level, working in 11 of the country’s 14 departments." | ||