El Salvador, E/C.12/SLV/CO/2

21. The Committee notes with concern that, owing to a lack of economic opportunities, nearly one out of every three Salvadorans emigrates, and that this has negative consequences, such as the disintegration of the family, lack of protection for families, particularly women, who are forced to be heads of single-parent families, and children and adolescents, who do not receive adequate care, as well as the increase in violence and the spread of youth gangs (maras).

40. The Committee recommends that the State party take the necessary measures to encourage the population to remain in the country, through the creation of jobs and the payment of fair salaries. The Committee urges the State party to provide assistance to women who are heads of single-parent families, and to implement support programmes for children and adolescents whose parents have emigrated.