MADRID, Spain.- The feminist platform Mundo Sur included Cuba in your report “Latin American Map of Feminicides (MLF)”, this being the first time that the Island appears in regional reports of this type.
The inclusion was due to the work of independent platforms such as Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba and the Gender Observatory of the magazine taut wingswhich have continued to make the situation of women in the country visible.
The Latin American Femicide Map is a political advocacy tool that provides the necessary information to demand that Latin American States comply with their international obligations, in accordance with the provisions of the Inter-American Convention to prevent, punish, and eradicate violence against women. woman.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mundo Sur formed an alliance with some organizations that make up the Latin American Network against Gender Violence (RLCVG) to begin to generate greater visibility and awareness about data gaps on femicide, analyzing the official statistics collected by ECLAC’s Gender Equality Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean and contrasting these official data with those collected by civil society organizations.
During 2022, 34 femicides have been confirmed in Cuba. Due to the increase in these events and the defenseless situation of women in the country, last November the Cuban Women’s Network, together with other organizations defending women’s rights, He launched the bell #WeHaveNameto demand a gender law in Cuba that guarantees protection standards for women.
From its social networks, the feminist platform called to support the campaign and stressed that “Cuban women cannot continue waiting until 2028 for a Comprehensive Gender Law, we need to act as soon as possible.”
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