Despite increased efforts to combat gender-based violence in recent years, including the establishment of women’s shelters and awareness campaigns, femicides remain a pressing issue in the Dominican Republic, Listin Diario reports.
As 2024 drew to a close, at least 56 women were murdered by current or former spouses. June was the deadliest month of the year, marking a tragic peak in this ongoing crisis.
These senseless killings have sent shockwaves through the nation, leaving countless families grieving. The grim statistics have solidified the Dominican Republic’s position as the second country with the highest femicide rate in Latin America, surpassed only by Honduras, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The Department of Statistics of the Attorney General’s Office recorded 49 femicides up to September: seven deaths in January, three in February, five in March, three in April, four in May, 12 in June, four in July, seven in August, and four in September 2024.
From January to September 2024, prosecutors handling gender-based and domestic violence cases received an average of 45,547 complaints and issued 28,338 protection orders. These complaints involved physical, verbal, psychological, and economic abuse, all of which are criminal offenses under the Penal Code and Law 24-97 on Domestic Violence.
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Listin Diario
2 January 2024