SLP, Mexico.- A young mother residing in Holguín is the first victim of sexist violence this 2025, as reported by independent feminist platforms on Wednesday.
Elizabeth Ramírez Fernández, affectionately known as Lisi, was murdered on January 2 in Cacocum, Holguín, according to the information offered by the magazine’s gender observatory Tense Wings and Yo SíTeCreo in Cuba.
Ramírez, approximately 30 years old, was attacked in her house by a man who had been her partner and whom she had reported at the end of December for assault.
Lisi is survived by her only son and her maternal grandparents, with whom she lived and depended on her.
In this case, the observatories repudiated the negligence of the police, which could have prevented the feminicide, “even with the limited procedures current and without a gender focus of the National Revolutionary Police.”
In addition to this first confirmed crime, the platforms are investigating a femicide in Artemisa.
At the end of December, the magazine’s gender observatory Tense Wings confirmed two new femicides in Cuba, and the verification of two attempted feminicides.
One of the cases It occurred in the city of Santiago de Cuba. Eglis Pacheco López, 37, was the victim of a robbery and sexual femicide in his home.
The attack, which goes beyond the reasons for the robbery due to its virulence, allegedly included a sexual assault of a “corrective” nature given Eglis’ sexual orientation. The victim left a 15-year-old son, according to the platform in Facebook.
The other case confirmed reports that a teenager named Deyanira, 15 years old, was murdered by her partner in Santiago de Cuba, on a public street.
The observatory, which asked for help from the citizenship To complete the details of this crime, he declared that with these cases, the last confirmed in 2024, there were a total of 55 femicides, eight attempted feminicides, and six cases that still need access to police investigation.
In order to make these crimes visible and document them, and without access to official documentation, the island’s feminist platforms undertake to manner joint verification with community sources of the cases published by the press, citizens and activists.
Both OGAT and Yo SíTeCreo in Cuba have reiterated the urgency for the Cuban Government to declare a “state of emergency due to gender violence.” Likewise, they have advocated for the implementation of a comprehensive law that effectively combats sexist violence. “It is imperative that concrete measures be taken to protect women and prevent more femicides,” both organizations recently insisted.
