Madrid Spain.- The independent platform Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba denounced the increase in femicides in Cuba, which during the first semester of 2022 they reached a total of 24. In addition, four attempted attacks were recorded and a vicarious murder was verified.
As Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba explained to the EFE agency, this situation is due to the “weak family and community support network” since many cases of sexist violence are not reported; and in case the denunciations are made, the Cuban authorities do not act against the aggressor.
The platform also referred to “the naturalization of violence prior to femicide, not only institutionally, but also in the family and community”; and some women manage to get out of the cycle of violence but others end up being murdered because “some or all of the institutional, family and community fails”.
The data collected by Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba, together with other organizations that defend women’s rights, reflected that the majority of the victims are young people who live in rural zones; and the perpetrators are generally partners or ex-partners.
Another phenomenon that has been on the rise is the disappearance of women and girls, which “many lead to sexual and other femicides,” the sources said.
Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba told EFE that the island does not have a notification system for missing minors known in the world as Amber Alert.
After the femicides, most of the families behave in a “retired and silent way due to the heavy loss they suffer and the many problems to solve, especially when the victim leaves behind minor children”. For this reason, the platform insists on “the need for specific support for families affected by femicides.”
The Cuban Government has not disclosed data related to gender-based violence since 2016. In that year, a survey was conducted of 10,698 women, of which 26.7% between the ages of 15 and 74 claimed to have suffered some type of violence in their lives. relationship in the twelve months prior to the study, and only 3.7% of those attacked requested institutional help.
Faced with this situation of vulnerability, the independent platforms demand a law against gender violence and criticize the Cuban government for not classifying femicide as a crime in the new Penal Code.
The EFE agency itself requested an interview with the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) and has not received a response so far.
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