According to a study published yesterday, Monday 22 September 2014, the Dominican Republic, which is in third place amongst Latin American countries with the highest number of femicides, should start to adopt some of the measures being carried out in countries like Peru, Chile and El Salvador, which have been shown to be effective in reducing the number of deaths of women by domestic violence.
The study was conducted by Greidys Roa Chalas, a researcher from the Public Policy Unit of the Dominican Policy Observatory (OPD), which is attached to the Foundation for Global Democracy and Development (Funglode).
According to the analysis, Peru, Chile and El Salvador have policies that provide early warning of potential problems, training for the Police and Public Prosecution service in domestic violence, specialist assistance to ensure the protection of potential victims and national education campaigns.
Chile, for example, had the lowest rate of femicides in Latin America per hundred thousand inhabitants in 2012, with punishment of up to life imprisonment for the crime.
The study urges the Dominican Republic to enact laws to reduce the level of femicides in this country where at present there is only Law 24-97 against domestic violence, which punishes the murder of women but does not highlight femicides at the required level.
The analysis says that 45 femicide cases were reported in the first semester of this year, a 40% increase over the same period last year. It goes on to say that women should be more involved in the workforce with higher salaries so they are not economically dependent on abusive partners.
http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2014/9/22/338666/Estudio-sugiere-replicar-medidas-de-otros-paises-para-disminuir