In the Dominican RepublicAt least 708 women they lost their lives in situations of violence In the 2020-2024 period, according to the statistics compendium of Women Killed in Conditions of violence presented this Friday by the National Statistics Office (One).
He Pico of deaths It was recorded in 2022when, according to the report, 163 women were victims of violencewhile the year with the lowest record was 2024, with 130 cases.
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“This compendium is registered within the sustained efforts of the One for strengthening the production and dissemination of Sensitive statisticswith a view to making visible the ways in which the violence particularly affects womenalready support the formulation of public actions with empirical evidence, “says the document.
The One Remember that “the violence it’s a complex phenomenon and multifaceted, whose conceptualization covers various expressions, such as violence domestic or domestic, the violence gender, the violence against women and violence social, among others. “
He adds that, regardless of his denomination, “the violence It constitutes a serious social, cultural and political problem “that hinders development with equity, to violate the right fundamental of every person to live in an environment -free environment.
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Circumstances
The month with more accumulated deaths in the five years was Junewith 74 cases. As for the day of the week, Sundays They registered the highest incidence, with 149 deaths, followed by Saturdays (115) and Mondays (145).
In 77.5 % of cases (549 deaths) the circumstances were linked to Family conflict, violence intrafamily and gender, as well as quarrels or disputes.
Relationship with the aggressor
The report indicates that 271 women were killed by their spousecouple or boyfriend, while 82 died at the hands of Exaranas or ex -boyfriends. In 161 cases the Relationship with the victimizer.
- Nine cases were also documented in which the mother was the aggressor.
Classification of feminicides
In the five years analyzed, the document records 348 intimate feminicides (committed by a man with whom the victim had or had a romantic or familiar relationship), 21 non -intimate feminicides (Unknown aggressor), 33 Family femicidessix children’s feminicides, nine femicides by connection and a Feminicide For trafficking.
- Another 290 deaths were not classified as femicides.
Profile of the victims
Of the total, 543 women They had between 15 and 54 years. As for the nationality587 were Dominican, 112 Haitians and the rest of various backgrounds (Puerto Rican, Cuban, Switzerland, American, Italian and Venezuelan).
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Most cases occurred in urban areas (557), while 137 were in rural areas and 14 in non -specified places.
Geographical distribution
The demarcation with the highest incidence was The province Santo Domingowith 159 cases, followed by the National District (67) and Santiago (65). In 81.9 % of cases (580 deaths), white weapons, short -time objects, firearms or blunt elements were used.
The ONE points out that these data come from the collection and integration of statistical information provided by the Directorate of the National Police for the period 2020-2024.
