Feminist platforms demanded that the Cuban state create a Gender Identity Law and guarantee the right of women, girls and LGBTIQA+ people to a life free of violence.
Yo SíTeCreo in Cuba published a series of complaints to the regime, when it is close to being accountable, on November 16, before the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council.
It states that the Cuban State has four major debts with its vulnerable groups, including the signing of a Comprehensive Law against all forms of gender violence and the Gender Identity Law.
The demand for these laws is made when more than 74 women have beenvictims of feminicide on the island this year, and when a young womantrans She is torn between life and death in Cárdenas, after being attacked by a resident of that town in Matanzas.
It also reiterates the demand for "shelters for women and their children at risk of gender violence", "specific, comprehensive and multisectoral protocols to protect people affected by gender violence"; and "legal recognition of all feminist and LGBTIQA+ activism."
The organization recalls that the UPR is a mechanism that periodically reviews compliance with the obligations and commitments of each Member State in human rights, which include the right of women, girls and LGBTIQA+ people to a life free of violence.
Cuban independent platforms have been urging the government to activate aalert for gender violence on the island, without having been heard so far.
At least 74 femicides have been confirmed on the island as of the end of October, but more cases remain to be verified.
Likewise, several concerns arose this week for the safety of members of the LGBTIQA+ communities, after the young Roxana Suárez, 22 years old, was left in serious condition after being attacked with a knife in the city of Cárdenas.
Suárez was found unconscious in the early hours of Saturday on Real de Cárdenas Street, where last June five other people and herself were also attacked with sticks and bottles.
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