She added that all femicides are alarming and also highlighted the joint work that has been maintained with government institutions and Cuban organizations for more than a decade despite not having offices in the country.Īnother issue is the late reaction on the part of the family members when it comes to denouncing the crime, since "many of them result in sexual or other types of femicides," said the organization Yo Sí Te Creo (Yes I Believe You).Ĭurrently, the Cuban government does not make figures of gender violence public. The most recent data on the issue is from 2016.Ĭuba also does not have a notification system for missing minors known as "Amber Alert" around the world, which the organizations consider a deficiency of the work.įor this reason, they demand a law against gender violence and that femicide be typified in the Penal Code, which was approved last May. For her part, the Deputy Regional Director of UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean, Cecilia Alemany explained that "in the case of Cuba there is an increase in public denunciations and visibility of the cases, especially on the Internet and social networks." Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba YoSiTeCreoCuba 'No creemos que (los medios estatales) informen sobre ese tema.
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