Two more Cuban women were victims of femicide in October, bringing the total number of crimes due to male violence verified by independent platforms to 42 in 2024.
The observatories of the magazine Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba confirmed on Wednesday the feminicides of two women in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Mayabeque.
Yucleidis "Cuca" Morales passed away on October 6 - or on a nearby date - in her home in the town of Baltony, in the municipality of Songo-La Maya, Santiago de Cuba, due to an attack by her partner.
According to the reports that emerged at the time, Morales was stabbed by her husband. The man "didn't want her to work at night and out of jealousy, he killed her," reported communicator Yosmany Mayeta.
Morales is survived by his grandmother, who "was under his care."
The other reported victim is Yadira Moreira Pernas, 36 years old and mother of four minors, who was murdered on October 16 at the café where she worked (kilometer 50) in Güines, Mayabeque.
There she was attacked by her ex-partner, who had been granted a day release from the prison where he is incarcerated.
Reports on social media indicated that the attacker was identified as Raidel Gil Montero, alias "Pipe," whom the victim had reported several times. The individual arrived at the establishment where Moreira worked, in the town of "El Cangre," and stabbed her in the presence of several people.
Feminist organizations sent condolences to the family and loved ones of both victims, particularly to Morales' grandmother and Moreira's four children, whose father resides abroad.
"We reiterate our rejection of the total absence of a gender perspective in Cuban prisons, which leads to the lack of protection for women, girls, boys, and adolescents. There are many femicides committed during the transfer of aggressors from prison," the platforms emphasized.
OGAT and YSTCC also reported five attempts of femicide and reiterated that they need access to the police investigation of six possible additional cases in the provinces of Havana (3), Santiago de Cuba (2), and Villa Clara (1).
They are also investigating two cases in Matanzas and one case each in Las Tunas, Camagüey, Guantánamo, and Holguín.
In August, the regime revealed that in 2023, 60 cases of murders of women aged 15 and older for gender reasons were tried in courts, of which 50 (83.3%) were killed by their partners or former partners, and the rest by other attackers, according to data from the Observatorio de Cuba sobre Igualdad de Género.
A total of 378 cases of sexual violence were also judged, and an unspecified number of women were left with injuries following attacks by their ex-partners.
In the Cuban Penal Code, femicide is not classified as a crime, and the terms "femicide" or "machismo crime" are not used either.
The official Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) has admitted that more than 16,000 women and girls from 9,579 families live in situations of violence in the country.
The government created a national system in July for registering, addressing, tracking, and monitoring incidents of gender-based violence in the domestic setting.
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