These are only confirmed crimes. The real figure could be even higher.
MIAMI, United States. – The magazine’s Gender Observatory Tense Wings (OGAT) and the feminist platform YoSíTeCreo in Cuba confirmed this Monday three new femicides that occurred on the Island in 2025, including that of Yuleidis (Yule) Sánchez Rodríguez, 43 years old, attacked by her partner on the night of December 31 in a public space near her home, in the Altamira District, in Santiago de Cuba.
According to the report of both initiatives, Sánchez Rodríguez died on January 1 due to his injuries. Likewise, they indicated that the aggressor “had a history of sexist violence and previous complaints” presented by the victim, and added that this history “reiterates once again the absence of prevention in the Cuban Police.” The victim is survived by three children from a previous relationship, two of them minors.
The observatories also confirmed two cases of feminicide pending in 2025, which were confirmed “thanks to citizen support.” One of them is that of Roxana Donatien Celian, 21 years old, which was allegedly perpetrated by her partner on July 2 in the home shared by both in Bella Vista, Juruquey, in Camagüey.
The second pending case is that of Iveth Aldana, a 54-year-old accountant, attacked on August 5 by her ex-partner, who broke into her workplace in the city of Bayamo, Granma. The publication indicates that Aldana is survived by two adult children.
The OGAT and Yo SíTeCreo in Cuba indicated that the confirmation of the three cases was possible thanks to the support of community sources.
With this Monday’s update, the observatories raised the number of femicides that have occurred on the Island to 48 (only those confirmed). In addition, both organizations count two murders of men for gender reasons and 17 attempted feminicides in the same period of time.
Likewise, they added that they keep other lines of inquiry open for “12 possible femicides, four attempted feminicides and the murder of a man for gender reasons alerted in 2025.”
The OGAT and YSTCC are today the main independent references in monitoring femicides on the Island. Given the absence or opacity of state data, these projects have become a key source for measuring sexist violence in Cuba.
Since 2019, both groups They have verified at least 300 femicides in Cubadespite operating in a hostile environment characterized by the criminalization of feminist activism, restricted access to institutional sources and the lack of a legal classification of feminicide in Cuban legislation.
While the authorities use expressions such as “murder for gender reasons” or “extreme gender violence”, independent groups insist on the need to name the problem as feminicide and demand the creation of public registration protocols and a comprehensive law against gender violence.
The Cuban State does not systematically publish annual statistics with detailed methodology nor does it offer disaggregated data with an intersectional approach accessible to citizens. This institutional opacity continues to be an obstacle to measuring the true magnitude of the phenomenon.
The OGAT and YSTCC maintain support lines and a mechanism for reporting and verifying femicides and attempts, supported by citizen complaints, media coverage and work in the territory. Its methodology—based on community verification and public documentation—is available in its institutional channels.
