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Independent platforms confirmed this Wednesday two more feminicides committed in Cuba, bringing the total number of women victims of male violence on the island to nine, just over two months into 2026.
In a joint statement, the gender observatories of the magazine Alas Tensas (OGAT) and Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba (YSTCC) expressed their sorrow over the deaths of Ana Yancy Guillot and Olimpia Pérez earlier this month.
Guillot, whose age has not been specified, was assaulted by her partner in public on March 7 in the city of Pinar del Río. She was taken to a hospital, where she passed away.
Guillot is survived by an adult daughter and other family members. OGAT and YSTCC emphasized the social impact of femicide, which affects not only the victim's family but also that of the aggressor and the community.
Both organizations urged that "no reprisals be taken against family members nor justice through personal means" in this case, because "the unleashed violence may have no end."
The other verified fact refers to a "social femicide" that occurred on March 2. Olimpia Pérez, a 79-year-old woman who lived alone, was murdered in her home in the town of Mendoza, in Tapaste, Mayabeque Province.
The platforms did not provide further details about this case, nor did they specify whether the attackers of both women were arrested.
In the statement, they expressed condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims, while also requesting the public's assistance in providing more information about both cases.
Until this March 11, OGAT and YSTCC have recorded nine femicides, seven attempts, and the murder of a man for gender-related reasons.
Meanwhile, they continue to investigate 11 potential femicides, four attempts, and one murder of a man for gender-related motives reported in 2025, as well as four potential femicides reported this year.
Machista violence cut short the lives of at least 48 women in Cuba in 2025.
Growing violence and institutional lack
Due to the absence of effective state mechanisms, OGAT and YSTCC have taken on roles that belong to the State, such as documenting femicide and attempts to commit it, investigating cases and alerts, maintaining active support lines for women at risk and their families, and bringing attention to gender violence.
The verification of these crimes is very difficult in the Cuban context, both independent observers have reiterated. Their counts represent only a partial record of the actual cases of gender-based violence, in light of the lack of official information, as the State continues “not to publish complete, disaggregated, and transparent statistics on femicides,” they assert.
Furthermore, there is no comprehensive gender-based violence law in Cuba, and although the Penal Code references patriarchal violence, it does not include an independent classification of femicide as a crime. The country also lacks accessible shelters and protection protocols for women and girls at risk.
Such shortcomings in the system "leave thousands of women exposed to known aggressors—partners, ex-partners, neighbors, family members—and facilitate impunity," they have insisted, agreeing that the Cuban regime's response to the increasing violence against women is inadequate.
Since 2019 until October 1, 2025, the observatories documented 300 femicides in Cuba.
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