Some of these crimes were committed with firearms and, in several cases, the victims were brutally beaten with blunt objects and even with their assailants’ own bloodstained hands.

Most femicides, according to official sources, occur in the context of couple relationships, but also at the workplace, in a country where the stories of violent gender-related deaths are heartbreaking.

It is not that the current or previous governments were indifferent to these unfortunate events, accompanied by the orphanhood of children and family trauma, however, the figures warn that the authorities face one of their main challenges in social order.

It is also 25 years since the United Nations General Assembly declared November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in honor of Minerva, Patria, and María Teresa Mirabal, worldwide symbols of women’s struggle.

Just a few hours ago, Dominican women journalists united to vindicate the systematic and structural violence that affects girls, adolescents, and women in the country.

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