In 2024 it occurred A murder for gender violence every 7.6 daysor what is the same: a woman was killed at the hands of her partner or ex -partner, until the end of the year with a total of 48 femicides. Although the figure marked its minimum since these cases began to be registered in 2003, the president of the Observatory against Domestic and Gender Violence of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Esther Erice, has urged this Monday to “redouble the efforts” to end some data of gender violence that, in his opinion, are “improper” of a country developed as Spain. Has done so in the presentation of the results of the Report on fatalities of gender and domestic violence within the scope of the couple or ex -partner, year 2024which also recalls that the past was a black year for Vicaria violence, with nine minor children killed.
According to the document, hardly 31% of murdered women (15) had filed a complaint Previous against his aggressor, which, as Erice has pointed out, “does not mean that they had a pending procedure, because it may be another cause that, either is filed or already sentenced.” Besides In eight of those 15 cases denounced, the woman continued to live with the aggressor. And, of the total, in five cases there was a measure of vigor. The president of the Observatory has also highlighted the population data, since A quarter of the cases (12 of 48) took place in small locationsfrom 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants. A figure that, for ERICE, evidences the need to strengthen “institutional and inter -institutional effort”, as well as the social support that is given to these women in the smallest locations that, due to their particular circumstances (there are fewer support points and greater social pressure), suffer greater vulnerability.
The address is also the place with the greatest danger for women victims of sexist violence: 75% of femicides of 2024 were committed in their own houses Something that, as Erice has pointed out, is a “constant” throughout the historical series and demonstrates the importance of the collaboration of the victim’s environment.
The data contrast significantly with the murder statistics by domestic violence which also offers the report presented on Monday at the headquarters of the CGPJ and that accounts for the aseisnatos of men committed by women or couples or ex -partners of the same sex. In this case, throughout 2024 there were four murders of men at the hands of their partners or ex -partnersS (none of same -sex couples), which elevates deaths due to intimate domestic violence since 2009 (7.6 victims a year). It is a very notable difference with respect to women who die at the hands of men, “said the president of the Observatory, who has also explained that in none of those cases there was a previous complaint.
Nine victims of vicaria violence
On the Vicaria violence, the Vocal of the CGPJ, Esther Rojo, has lamented the “especially tragic” year in this matter, after nine minors were killed in 2024, this being the worst fact of the entire historical series, which already has a total of 62 victims since 2013. The report figure in six vicarious aggressors, who were couples or ex -partners of the mothers of the children and In the vast majority of cases (85.5%) the aggressors were the biological parents of the victims and around 74% of children were under 10 years old.
As for the method used, although since 2013, on average, the most used has been the white weapon (35% of cases) in 2024 was only present in one of the murders, and for the rest it went to suffocation, poisoning, firearms and blows. Besides, 83% of the aggressors had previous complaints by their partners or ex -partners and almost 46% were denounced after committing crime (23 points more than aggressors of gender violence).
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