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ECLAC gives, for the first time, figures of femicides on the Island, but they are much lower than those reported by independent sources 14ymedio, Havana, 22 November 2024 — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has included Cuba for the first time in its annual report on femicides in the region. … Continue reading “Cuba Has the Third Highest Rate of Femicides in Latin America”
It is still a very high number when compared to Spain, where there were 47 cases with a population five times larger. 14ymedio, Havana, 7 January 2024 — The year 2024 closes with a significant reduction in deaths from gender-based violence. The Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba (YSTC) observatories counted 55 … Continue reading “Cuba Closed the Year with 54 Femicides, 33 Fewer Than the Year Before”
The number of femicides on the Island exceeds the 47 recorded in Spain. 14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 31 December 2024 — Machista violence in Cuba claimed the lives of 54 women this year (the 14ymedio database counts 52 verified cases; the number is lower because two cases are not considered femicides). However, despite the fact that the … Continue reading “Cuba Closes 2024 With Fewer Femicides but More Children Orphaned for This Reason”
The organization Prisoners Defenders submitted a report to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 14ymedio, Havana, October 15, 2024 — The organization Prisoners Defenders (PD) has once again brought the human rights situation in Cuba before the UN. In the 89th session of the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women … Continue reading “Activists Tell the UN That the Number of Femicides in Cuba Could Be Double”
The victim is Annelis Hernández Puerto, 47, who was allegedly murdered by her partner EFE/14ymedio, Havana, 24 September 2024 — The independent Cuban platforms Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo confirmed this Monday a new femicide on the Island, the second in a week. The victim is Annelis Hernández Puerto, 47, who was allegedly … Continue reading “Cuban Feminists Confirm a New Femicide, the Second in a Week”
The government has still not provided the number of femicides per year, let alone updated it. 14ymedio, Madrid, 2 August 2024 — Cuban authorities continue to conscientiously guard the data on women killed by male violence, but Thursday’s publication of the number of femicides prosecuted in 2023 shows an alarming figure. In a single year, … Continue reading “In 2023 There Were 110 Trials for Femicides in Cuba, Which Appear To Be on the Rise”
In addition to that of Ariatna Gámez, on May 28 there was another femicide in Cienfuegos, that of Ailen Tartabull, allegedly attacked by her husband 14ymedio, Madrid, May 31, 2024 — The murder of Ariatna Gámez Quintana, 32 years old, allegedly perpetrated by her partner this Tuesday in Holguín, brings to two the number of … Continue reading “A Femicide in Holguín, the Second Death Due to ‘Machista’ Violence in Cuba on the Same Day”
14ymedio, Havana, 6 March 2024 — The murders of Dinosca Rivera Martí, a resident of the town of Carlos Rojas, in Matanzas, and Martina Hernández, a resident of Becerra, a rural neighborhood in the city of Las Tunas, are the two newest cases of femicides reported this Wednesday by the Women’s Network of Cuba, Alas Tensas and Yo … Continue reading “The Murders of Two Women, in Matanzas and Las Tunas, Bring Femicides in Cuba to 13 in 2024”
EFE/14ymedio, Havana, 9 March 2024 — Last year Cuba tripled the number of people convicted of femicides compared to the 2022 record, going from 18 to 61 rulings, according to official data released this Friday. The president of the country, Miguel Díaz-Canel, announced the 2023 figure at the closing of the Congress of the Federation … Continue reading “Convictions for Femicides in Cuba Tripled in 2023, According to Official Figures”
14ymedio, Havana, 4 January 2024 — The new year has already claimed its first victim of fatal violence against women in Cuba. With the murder of Diana Rosa Cervantes Mejías this Tuesday, in Camagüey, the list of femicides opens just three days into 2024. The attack on Cervantes has not yet been confirmed by independent … Continue reading “Diana Rosa Cervantes, First Femicide Victim in Cuba in 2024, Was Murdered in Camaguey”
14ymedio, Havana, January 5, 2024 — The femicide of Diana Rosa Cervantes Mejías in Camagüey, which occurred on January 2, was confirmed this Thursday by the independent journalist Henry Constantín, who interviewed a relative of the victim and provided more details about the crime. The murder of Cervantes is the first case of violence against … Continue reading “The Perpetrator of Cuba’s First Femicide of 2024 Was Released on Bail for Another Crime”
14ymedio, Havana, December 19, 2023 — The independent observatories Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba (YSTC) confirmed on Tuesday a new violence against women murder, that of Mayelín Rodríguez, in Camagüey. With it, the number of femicides on the Island rises to 83 since January. Little is known about Rodríguez’s murder. So … Continue reading “With the Death of Mayelin Rodriguez in Camaguey, the Number of Femicides in Cuba Rises to 83 in 2023”
14ymedio, Havana, 23 November 2023 — The independent observatories Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo (YSTC) confirmed this Thursday two new victims of misogynistic violence in Cuba. The deaths of both women brings the number of femicides on the Island since January to 77, more than double the number recorded throughout the year in 2022 … Continue reading “A Young Woman of 20 Murdered by Her Partner in Bayamo, the 77th Femicide in Cuba This Year”
14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 24 October 2023 — Cuba’s independent feminist platforms Alas Tensas [Outstretched Wings] and Yo Sí Te Creo [I Do Believe You] (YSTC) confirmed on Tuesday two new femicides in the country, bringing to 67 the total number of women murdered so far in 2023. On top of the verification of the murder of … Continue reading “A Femicide in Vinales Brings to 67 the Number of Women Murdered in Cuba in 2023”
14ymedio, Havana, 18 November 2023 — Cuba’s official press revealed that, in the first half of 2023, seven women were murdered in the province of Matanzas. The data, published this Saturday by the Girón newspaper, breaks with officialdom’s usual silence on femicides in Cuba and offers details until now kept secret, such as the ages of the deceased … Continue reading “‘Giron’ Breaks the Silence of the Official Cuban Press with Details About Seven Femicides in 2023”
