Vanelis Macola, 26 years old and from the town of Tuinicu, in Sancti Spíritus, is the sixteenth fatality of gender violence in Cuba so far in 2023, barely two months.
As reported on Tuesday by the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press (Iclep) and confirmed this Wednesday the independent platform I do believe you in Cubathe young woman, who worked as a nurse in the Nieves Morejón provincial prison and leaves an orphaned son, was stabbed to death yesterday by her ex-partner.
This Tuesday, Yo Sí Te Creo had raised the annual count of femicides to 15, by confirming the murder of Isabel Rodríguez Díaz, which transpired on February 11 in Camagüey.
As reported by relatives of the woman in social networks, her corpse was found in a lagoon with signs of violence after three days missing. The attacker was allegedly her husband and the father of her children.
These figures represent an average of two women killed by their partner or ex-partner every week since the beginning of the year
These figures represent an average of two women killed by their partner or ex-partner each week since the beginning of the year.
Early Sunday morning to Monday she was murdered Arianny Chavez Puche, while she was at the Mártires de Las Tunas Provincial Pediatric Hospital, where she worked as a telephone operator. The femicide, her ex-partner, hanged himself after the crime.
Before her, a young woman whose name was not disclosed at the time but who has already been identified by feminist platforms was murdered in Morón, Ciego de Ávila. Dalia Pardo, who worked as a custodian at the Roberto Rodríguez hospital, was waiting at a bus stop when her partner allegedly approached her and shot her. with a fishing gun.
The feminist platforms called a virtual march last week using the hashtags #YoMarcho, #MarchaVirtual8M and #TenemosNombre to show support for the cause through photos, posters, messages and any other mechanism that they consider contributes to giving visibility to the demands for a law comprehensive campaign against sexist violence, which does not exist in Cuba.
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