The regional organization reports 76 violent deaths of women on the Island in one year and warns that the lack of detailed information makes it difficult to evaluate the real magnitude of the problem.
MADRID, Spain.- Cuba was among the Latin American and Caribbean countries with the highest incidence of violent deaths of women due to gender during 2024, according to the most recent bulletin of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The island reported 76 cases, a figure that is equivalent to 1.4 femicides per 100,000 women, according to official data sent by the Cuban State to the regional organization.
The report Feminicidal Violence in Figurespublished by ECLAC, points out that this rate places Cuba in the group of countries with the highest figures in the region, behind territories such as Honduras, Guatemala or the Dominican Republic, but above the majority of the Caribbean States. The classification is based on national records on “violent deaths of women due to gender,” which in the Cuban case are counted as aggravated homicides, since the country does not classify feminicide as an autonomous crime.
Official data with limited information
The bulletin warns that the information depends on the criteria and level of detail provided by each country. In the case of Cuba, the 76 reported homicides are classified in their entirety as “gender-related deaths,” without there being a public breakdown that allows us to distinguish between intimate partner violence, family violence, common crime or other contexts. This lack of disaggregation limits the precise understanding of the forms of violence that precede these murders.
Unlike other legislation in the region, Cuba does not have a comprehensive law against gender violence, nor with a legal framework that classifies feminicide as a specific crime. Consequently, official records do not allow us to identify patterns, profiles of aggressors or particular circumstances of the cases, elements considered key by ECLAC for prevention and the design of public policies.
Femicides in Cuba during 2024 and 2025
While the Cuban State reported 76 deaths of women in 2024, independent observatories Tense Wings (OGAT) and Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba (YSTCC) documented fewer cases that year, mainly due to the lack of access to official information and the difficulty of confirming details in an environment of institutional opacity. The difference between official and independent records reflects, according to these organizations, the obstacles to monitoring femicidal violence on the island.
As of November 25, 2025, OGAT and YSTCC had verified 41 completed femicides, in addition to 15 attempted femicides and another 15 alerts under investigation. Since 2019, both organizations have confirmed 308 cases.
A persistent regional problem
The ECLAC publication is part of a critical regional panorama. In 2024, at least 3,828 femicides were recorded in 26 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is equivalent to 11 women murdered every day. In the last five years, the organization recorded 19,254 deaths of women due to gender in the region.
The report highlights that, although femicides are the most extreme manifestation of sexist violence, the majority of women in the region have suffered some form of gender violence throughout their lives. The persistence of thousands of murders annually demonstrates, according to ECLAC, that state policies continue to be insufficient for prevention, protection and reparation.
Gaps in the Cuban institutional response
Official data from Cuba is not accompanied by public information on protection mechanisms, support programs, temporary shelters or comprehensive care protocols for women at risk. Likewise, Cuba is not among the countries that have legislation for reparation for indirect victims, a mechanism present in other nations in the region to guarantee economic and psychosocial support to minors orphaned by femicides.
Independent feminist organizations have reiterated that the lack of transparency, accessible statistics and a comprehensive law against gender violence hinders prevention and institutional response. The parallel counting of OGAT and YSTCC has sought to fill this gap, although they face serious limitations in accessing official data and in verifying cases in an environment where there are no complete public reports.
