At least 22 women have been murdered for his couples or former colleagues in the province Santiago from January 2020 to November 2024.
The data is contained in a report of the Observatory of Gender Equality Ministry of Women.
Mayra Jiménez, minister of said government institution, reported that this figure represents the second largest amount of femicides in a province during the aforementioned period of time. Only Greater Santo Domingo surpasses Santiago in that disastrous statistics.
The study establishes that in the last four years Santiago He is about 20 complaints by violence of gender, violence intrafamilial and sexual crimes. The district in question is among the top six in these scourges.
Jiménez highlighted that through the houses of receptions Santiago they have protected In the last four years 7,600 women with their sons and daughters.
- “Those -women- have not become victims thanks to our intervention,” he noted.
Mayra Jiménez announced the number of victims of her partners and ex-partners when she led this Thursday in the Ciudad Corazón the beginning of a day of orientation and awareness for prevention of the violence against women.
The collaborators will be in the municipalities La Canela, Sábana Iglesia, Navarrete, Sajoma and Tamboril, with the goal of impact to 85,975 people.
The minister explained that with this initiative he Ministry continues to promote that a life without violence is possible for women, teenagers and girls of the country.
Assistance services of the Ministry of Women
During the orientation and awareness day, the Ministry of Women said that with this activity it also seeks to bring its services to the populationwhich are the line emergency *212, available 24 hours a day and every day of the year; the houses shelters, which are shelters for the protection of women whose lives and their families are at risk. Just as, the services psychological assistance and legal assistance, which are provided free of charge through specialized psychologists and lawyers, in all provincial and municipal offices of the Ministry of Women.
They are also promoted tools digital to access information now services such as the Georeferenced Services Map and the Automated Attention and Response System (SARA).
This year, the days include actions to prevent the pregnancy in teenagers and early unions, with the aim of impact nearly 5,000 young people within the framework of the “Lo Más Jeví” campaign, which guides this population on life and comprehensive health projects, as part of the commitment of the government institution, to achieve zero pregnancies in minors, as it is a way of violence that perpetuates cycles of poverty and inequality.
He Ministry of Women invites population to join the initiativeopening the doors of their homes and businesses so that the message and guidelines on how to prevent violence reach all sectors of society.
Throughout the month of November, the government institution will be developing these dayswith the support of State institutions and multiple social, religious and community organizations.
- “The violence of gender It is a problem that cannot be assumed only by the government sector, which is why we must work coordinated in the application of public policies aimed at eliminating this evil,” declared Mariana Moreno, vice mayor of Santiago of the Knights.
To the action of job of the Ministry of Women also integrated the Ministry Public.
“From the prosecutor’s office we have been working on a program, together with USAID, that aims to intervene in areas of prevention and improvement in user care”Chief Prosecutor of Santiago
The day It began on November 1st in the southern region and continued in the provinces of the northern and eastern regions. It will end in Greater Santo Domingo from November 29 to December 1.
