MIAMI, United States. – The Cuban government approved the creation of the “National System for registration, attention, follow-up and monitoring of gender violence in the family setting” to generate statistical information for use in the prevention of this scourge, according to reported the official journal Granma last July 28th.
The System, which was presented to the Council of Ministers by the Attorney General of the Republic, Yamila Peña Ojeda, follows up on the Program for the Advancement of Women launched in 2021 by the island’s regime, according to official information.
“A group of 25 experts was formed in conjunction with the Ministry of the Interior and the Supreme People’s Court to develop a computerized and interoperable administrative registry, which would use the platforms of these institutions to manage criminal proceedings,” explained Peña Ojeda.
According to official Cuban media, the temporary working group that oversees the National Program for the Advancement of Women on the Island discussed the proposal for a “National Registration System” in early July.
According to the official, the purpose of this registry is to provide statistical information for prevention in the fight against gender-based violence.
Peña Ojeda also stated that “the implementation of the National Registration System and the transparency of the results strengthens the rule of law, contributes to discouraging manifestations of violence, combats impunity, raises the legal education of the population and strengthens the social fabric around a problem that concerns everyone.”
In her speech, the official explained that in 2023, 75% of gender-based violence incidents occurred in homes, a trend that continues this year. In addition, 72% of the victims were between 25 and 59 years old, and 45% were unpaid workers.
The meeting also revealed that 84% of the aggressors were partners or ex-partners of the victims and 31% had criminal records for violent acts. “The survivors who suffered abuse during the relationship were identified, as well as those who made previous complaints of threats or injuries, sometimes withdrawn as part of the cycle of violence,” Peña Ojeda stressed.
The official also mentioned that many aggressors “acted in a position of dominance” and that some were unhappy with the breakup of the relationship. In addition, a significant number of aggressors took advantage of the presence of children to inflict more suffering, using knives or firearms, or even their own hands.
Judging by the report of GranmaPeña Ojeda did not refer to the growing number of feminicides reported by independent organizations. The YoSíTeCreo platform in Cuba (YSTCC) and the Gender Observatory of the feminist magazine Tense Wings (OGAT) confirmed 89 of these crimes, in 2023 alone.
Both organizations have called on the island’s government to declare a “state of emergency in the face of gender violence” and have advocated for the approval of a comprehensive law to curb it.
After learning about the creation of the National System for registration, attention, follow-up and monitoring of gender violence incidents, the OGAT regretted that Granma did not clarify whether this would be public or not.
“[La nota] It is only mentioned that it will be an ‘administrative registry’ for the management of criminal proceedings. The transparency of statistics on gender violence is one of the demands that the gender observatories of OGAT and YSTCC have been asking for several years, organizations that have been carrying out an under-registration of feminicides in Cuba since 2019, under the criminalization of the regime,” it indicates. the publication.
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