At the country level, to date there have been 33 femicides and 67 orphans who are indirect victims of this social scourge. The cases of femicide tend to increase with the proximity of the end of the year holidays.
Celina Lezcano, head of the Ministry for Women, stressed that with the launch of the campaign #VisibleViolence, is wanted is raise awareness and sensitize citizens about alerts that occur in a violent couple relationship and that also affects girls.
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“Statistically and the evidence shows that the victimizers They are partners, ex-partners or acquaintances from the victim’s close family environment,” he said.
Lezcano pointed out, in order to stop violence and cases of femicide in the country, the Ministry of Women works closely with the World Bank (WB) in the systematization of the cases that occurred in the country through Women’s Observatory in the Data section of the Ministry of Women, located on the right hand side of the web page.
East Observatory from January to date recorded 33 femicides and 67 orphans who are indirect victims of this scourge, data that almost matches those registered throughout the year 2021, a period in which They registered 35 deaths and 67 orphans.
“We know that we are close to the end of the year festivities and these last two months of the year are very important since they tend to increase cases of violence and femicide in the countryso we aim with this campaign at prevention and that we all have that participation in denouncing if we know that a friend, colleague, neighbor or acquaintance is going through a situation of violence, “he explained.
He remembered that the Line 137 (24 hours a day – 7 days a week) is the one authorized by the Ministry of Women to channel complaints by telephone, as well as the 911 of the National Police.
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In addition, the Women’s Secretariats that are enabled in 100 municipalities nationwide, in the Women’s City Center (CCM) of Villa Elisa, as well as through the Ciudad Mujer Móvil Center that travels the country, in the neighborhood Prosecutors’ Offices and the Police Stations and Ombudsman’s Office.
He highlighted the importance and commitment that each of the State institutions must assume in order to fully comply with the Law No. 5777/16 which in its article 5 defines violence against women, which is understood as “conduct that causes death, damage or physical, sexual, psychological, property or economic suffering to women, based on their condition as such, in any field, that is exercised within the framework of unequal and discriminatory power relations”.
