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Francisca del Carmen Gonzales Campos

According to El Salvador's football club's website, Francisca del Carmen Gonzales Campos was born on July 20, 1993 and is a young soccer player who represents her national team of El Salvador. El Salvador, according to ABC news, is the "Murder Capital in the World".

El Salvador has become the most violent country in the world. According to the article "In El Salvador, the Murder Capital of The World, Gang Violence Becomes a Way of Life" published in ABC news, "There was nearly one homicide per hour there in the first three months of 2016". The article continues by mentioning that "The country has a murder rate 22 times that of the U.S.". Later in the article, According to Carmen Ortiz who is "the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts" the motto of the gang that reside in El Salvador is "Mata, viola, controla' which translated means 'kill, rape, control'". The most affected by this type of violence are women.

According to Angelika Albaladejo in her article "How Violence Affects Women in El Salvador" she mentions, "More than half of all Salvadoran women say they have suffered some form of violence in their lives. Over a quarter of these women were victims of sexual or physical violence." Later in the article she states, "many women face discrimination and abuse ranging from wage and pension theft by business owners to extortion by gangs". She also mentions that from January to August of 2015 the National Civilian Police reported about five cases per day of "sexual violence against women, including rape and sexual assault". Albaladejo also indicates that for the most part, these types of violence were committed at home, but now in the rise of gang and gang violence, "rape and sexual assault are increasingly committed by gangs and security forces". Little to do, women are now in fear. According to a publication by The Advocates For Human Rights, "Domestic violence and other crimes against women are considered socially acceptable by a large portion of the population. Many women in these circumstances are not being protected in any way.

According to a study report by the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees "Eighty-five per cent of the women described living in neighborhoods under the control of maras." Furthermore in the report it states that "women consistently stated that police and other state law enforcement authorities were not able to provide sufficient protection from the violence". However not all hope are lost to improve the status of the country.

There are many young women in El Salvador who do not want to live in fear any more. According to the Girls Campaign Against Fear in El Salvador, one of the advocates, Viky, states, "We need to see a change for the girls and women of El Salvador." She also mentions "I work with Plan International to provide workshops at national and local levels, in schools and communities." This shows her passion to change the country. A change does not happen right away, but with the help of these workshops, people like Viky will show other people in communities in El Salvador that they need to unite to combat crimes and these gangs.