MIAMI, United States. – The feminist platform Yo SíTeCreo in Cuba and the magazine’s Gender Observatory Tense Wings (OGAT) confirmed This Wednesday the feminicide of Dagnis Alida Hernández Milanés, a 39-year-old woman from Santiago who died on October 13 due to injuries caused that same day by her ex-partner.
The sexist crime occurred in the victim’s own home, in the San Pedrito neighborhood (Santiago de Cuba).
“It is confirmed that Dagnis had made previous complaints to the Police against his attacker,” reported YoSíTeCreo in Cuba.
The organization also extended its condolences to the victim’s minor son, who witnessed the events, and his adult daughter, as well as other family members and close friends.
The crime was initially reported by the media, citizens and activists, and later verified with community sources by the OGAT and YoSíTeCreo in Cuba.
According to the sub-registration of both observatories, as of October 16, 2024, 40 femicides have been confirmed throughout the Island, as well as five attempted feminicides, six cases that require access to police investigation and two murders of men for reasons of gender.
Both platforms are also currently investigating one case in Las Tunas, two in Matanzas, one in Camagüey, one in Guantánamo and another in Santiago de Cuba.
At the beginning of August, the island’s regime confirmed that a total of 110 women had been murdered at the hands of their partners or ex-partners throughout 2023. The figure, which was released by the Cuban Observatory on Gender Equality (state), only includes those cases that were tried during the last year and in which the victim was over 15 years old.
According to the agency EFEthe rate of femicides on the Island (although not exhaustive) is the sixth highest in all of Latin America and the Caribbean compared to the records of sexist murders from the Gender Equality Observatory of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ( ECLAC) of 2022.
Presumably, the visibility of cases of sexist violence in independent media and on social networks led the Government to propose an Interoperable Administrative Registry, “that allows for real-time information on the violent deaths of women and girls for reasons of gender”.
However, feminist organizations consider that this measure is insufficient and that the Government must take concrete actions to prevent and punish sexist violence.
