The independent feminist collective Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba regretted this Wednesday a new femicide on the island and once again called for “effective mechanisms for the prevention of gender violence.”
This is the 36-year-old Yailanis Pérez, whose family reported her disappearance on January 28 in the province of Matanzas.
In the absence of official statistics on sexist murders, the platform published on Twitter that the case “is under police investigation, but the disappearance and characteristics of the attacks indicate femicide.”
Pérez’s body was found two days after the announcement of his disappearance, indicated the activists who, along with organizations such as taut wings, are a reference to account for these crimes. Since yesterday, Tuesday, the case has been discussed on social networks.
Independent observatories verified 34 gender-based killings in 2022, 36 in 2021, and 32 in 2020.
“We reiterate our demand for effective mechanisms to prevent gender violence so as not to reach its extreme manifestation, which is irreparable,” said Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba.
The activists also stressed the need for “early warnings of disappearances, which help to avoid these extreme violent outcomes.”
The new crime, the third confirmed by these groups so far this year, occurs at a time when there are several reports of missing women in Cuba, including minors.
The activists demand a law against Gender Violence and criticize the Government for not classifying femicide as a crime in the new Penal Code, which came into force last December, although it contemplates gender-based violence.
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The most recent official statistics appear in the 2016 National Gender Equality Survey in which 10,698 women participated.
The survey showed that 26.7% of Cuban women between the ages of 15 and 74 have suffered some type of violence in their relationship in the 12 months prior to the study. Only 3.7% of the assaulted requested institutional help.
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