According to the Attorney General, 72% of the victims were between 25 and 59 years old
14ymedio/EFE, Havana, July 29, 2024 — The Council of Ministers of Cuba approved this Sunday a national system of “registration, attention, following and monitoring” of gender violence and resulting femicides on the Island, the official media reported on Monday. The measure was presented by the Attorney General, Yamila Peña Ojeda, and will be made up of a group of 25 experts from the Ministry of the Interior and the Popular Supreme Court.
In an article published by Granma that reviews the meeting, the official media does not clarify whether the information collected on that platform will be made public. In any case, the newspaper says that it will be an “administrative register (…) for the management of criminal proceedings” that aims to “have statistical information for prevention in the fight against acts of gender violence,” especially in the family environment.
Peña proceeded to reveal statistics for gender violence on the Island, where in 2023, 75% of these cases occurred in family homes – “a trend that continues this year,” Granma clarifies. Seventy-two percent (72%) of the victims were between 25 and 59 years old; 45% were unpaid workers; and “the survivors who suffered mistreatment during a relationship were also identified, as were those who made previous complaints about threats or injuries that w