Ciudad Mujer

"Women City") is a project of the government of El Salvador, created on March 28, 2011, as an initiative of the then First Lady Vanda Pignato.

[1] However, after President Nayib Bukele's takeover in June 2019, Ciudad Mujer became part of the new Ministry of Local Development, since the secretariat under whose charge it had been placed was abolished.

The integration of these services under a single roof reduces the transaction costs of women users and allows their quality to be substantially increased.

[4] Vanda Pignato overcame opposition against the plan from several sectors of Salvadoran society, which included politicians, evangelical Christian groups, and the Roman Catholic Church, to launch Ciudad Mujer.

Ciudad Mujer provoked greatly influenced other countries,[12] becoming a benchmark for replicating this project in their territories, leading to its implementation in the Dominican Republic,[13] Mexico,[14] Paraguay,[15] and Honduras.

Vanda Pignato , during her speech at the graduation of women from the Colón and San Martín headquarters in 2015.