Sex crimes and vicarious murders will be considered femicide

As of January 1, 2022, the Government will count at fatalities of all sexist violence, not only femicides perpetrated in the sphere of the partner or ex-partner.

The murders of women due to sexual violence, sexual exploitation, in the family environment will be counted by the Government Delegation against Gender Violence in a more comprehensive statistic than the one that has been elaborated since 2003, that only takes into account women murdered by their partners or ex-partners. Also part of this count will be the fatal victims of vicarious violence, the one used to do the maximum harm to a woman through assault on her children or other people important to her.

The Government delegate against Gender Violence, Victoria Rosell, announced this Friday that the Ministry of Equality is finalizing the details to expand this statistic of femicides, which from 2022 would take into account murders such as that of Laura Luelmo and Diana Quer.

Among the new categories, he has detailed, are sexual violence, which would also take into account the crimes of women subjected to situations of sexual exploitation, trafficking and prostitution, those perpetrated in the field of family violence, crimes of vicarious violence and, furthermore, the murders of women that are committed in a broader social environment, for example, those committed by employers, co-workers or neighbors against women for the fact of being.

The statistic will take into account the murders that men commit against women Due to the fact that it is, it will be a broad count of femicides, and in parallel the statistics of women murdered by their partners or ex-partners will continue to be elaborated: 1,118 since 2003.

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Rosell has recognized that the expanded count of femicides is a “debt” that has dragged on for years and that will materialize in 2022. The delegate has specified that the details of the subcategories of the new statistics will be detailed in the coming weeks, which has been subjected to Plenary session of the State Observatory on Violence against Women.

The 016 serves the victims of all violence against women. It is a free and confidential telephone that provides service in 53 languages ​​and leaves no trace on the bill. Information is also offered through the email [email protected] and counseling and psychosocial care through the WhatsApp number 600 000 016. In addition, minors can contact the ANAR telephone number 900202010.

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