fifty women have been murdered by their partners or ex-partners in the first nine months of 2023a figure that already exceeds the 49 murders due to gender violence recorded in the years 2022 and 2021 and equals those of 2020. Only in September have they been murdered 10 victims, the bloodiest month of 2023 and the worst of the Septembers along with 2008, when 10 femicides were also recorded.
After lifting the secret of the summary, the Government of Castilla-La Mancha has confirmed this Sunday the sexist nature of the crime of Sandra, the 41-year-old Bolivian woman who was allegedly run over by her husband on Thursday in Val de Santo Domingo (Toledo).
crisis committee
He Ministry of Equality has called for next Wednesday, October 4, a crisis committee to analyze the causes of this murder spikes for gender violence together with the Interior, Justice, Prosecutor’s Office, General Council of the Judiciary and the autonomous communities. It will be the fifth committee of this 2023 after those organized in January (7 fatalities), May (6), July (8) and August (7).
According to statistics from the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, 29 of the 50 victims in 2023 were Spanish and the other 21 were foreigners. Twenty of the 50 victims had between 31 and 40 yearss, the most affected age group.
In 34 caseswomen lived with the alleged attackers and in 30 the victim and the feminicide were a couple; In the other 20 cases they were no longer a couple or were in the process of breaking up. Twelve of the feminicides, 24%, committed suicide after committing the crimeso they cannot be judged for their actions.
Most affected communities
Andalusia It is the community most affected by sexist violence, since in this region there have been 16 murdersfollowed by Catalonia (9), Comunitat Valenciana (5), Madrid (4), Canarias (3) and Castilla y León (3).
In Galicia, Castilla-La Mancha and the Basque Country, two women have been murdered, and La Rioja, Aragón, Murcia and Navarra have each recorded one feminicide.
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Since 2003, 1,234 women have been murdered by their partners or ex-partners in Spain.
Until now, the Government Delegation against Gender Violence indicates that they are 48 minors who have been orphaned this year as a consequence of sexist violence, a figure that will increase with Sandra’s children.