The profile of victims of sexist violence in Cuba in 2023

37-year-old Cuban, mother of at least one child, resident in a rural area and murdered by her ex-partner is theaverage profile of victims of sexist violence in Cuba in 2023, as indicated this Friday by the agencyWhich one.

In accordance withWhich one -which started from the under-registration of 85 femicides (there are now 86) carried out by independent platforms-In 2023, a Cuban woman was murdered every four and a half days.

The data means that on the island there were an average of seven victims of gender violence each month (7.08).

In 40 cases the feminicide was the ex-partner, while in 28 the victim had a romantic relationship with the aggressor.

Three of the Cuban victims of feminicide this year were minors, the most recent of themMelani García Lorenzo, who was just 16 years old.

At least 10 of the perpetrators of sexist crimes had some violent history. In two other cases the victim had already warned on social networks that he feared for his life. The case of a minor murdered inside a police station in February also stands out.

“If the year ends with 85 violent deaths of Cuban women at the hands of men,The country would have a rate of 1.5 sexist murders per 100,000 women. In this way, Cuba would have an index higher than that of Latin America as a whole in 2021 (1.4), according to data from UN Women.", he pointed outWhich one.

The aforementioned source indicates that it is alsoone of the highest in the region if the 2022 indices of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) are taken as a reference.

The Cuban feminicide rate is only behind Honduras (6.0 per 100,000 women); Dominican Republic (2.9) and El Salvador and Uruguay (1.6).

The island will close the year with the highest number of annual femicides since the independent organizations Yo SíTe Creo en Cuba and Alas Tensas began collecting data in 2019.

In 2021, 36 femicides were verified in Cuba (141% less) and 34 in 2022 (150% less).

In the course of 2023, after years of silence, the Cuban government has admitted the problem, although emphasizing that there has been no inaction from the State.

Miguel Díaz-Canel called for "zero tolerance" with sexist violence, but he also assured in July that in the countryAny criminal act is "exaggerated" and in particular those of gender violence.

Attorney General Yamila Peña acknowledged in December, during a meeting of the leadership of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), that16,116 women and girls live in a "situation of violence", of which the majority are black and mulatto with a low average educational level.

A few days ago, the Government assured thatsexist murders on the island totaled 117 "at the end of October", but did not specify the criteria used.