The Government of the Canary Islands condemns the latest sexist murder of a woman in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Since the official count began in 2003, a total of 100 women and 8 minors have been fatal victims of sexist violence in the Canary Islands, according to the count carried out by the ICI, two this year
The President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, and the Minister of Equality, Noemí Santana, presided this Monday over the act of rejection and condemnation for the sexist murder of Abigail, 34 years old, murdered last Friday, July 29, supposedly by her ex-partner in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, at the headquarters of the Presidency of the Government of the Canary Islands in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The director of the Canary Islands Institute of Equality (ICI), Kika Fumero, presided over the protest rally at the Presidency headquarters in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
With this latest murder, there are now 100 femicides due to gender violence confirmed in the Canary Islands since 2003, when the official count began and in accordance with Law 16/2003, of April 8, on the Prevention and Comprehensive Protection of Women against Gender Violence of the Canary Islands Autonomous Community, which also contemplates sexist murders outside the sphere of the partner or ex-partner.
During the event, the manifesto of condemnation of the Government of the Canary Islands was read with the aim of keeping in mind the reason for the daily fight against sexist violence and that "silence will never again be the response to a case of sexist murder."
Institutional manifesto of rejection of feminicide cases
Unfortunately we once again find ourselves with a new case of sexist violence. Abigail, 34, was allegedly murdered by her ex-partner on July 29 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
We would say that two women have been murdered so far this year in the Canary Islands, but in reality there are already 100 lives of women and 8 boys and girls that machismo has taken from us since 2003. In this sense, the Government of the Canary Islands has made the decision not to reset the counter to zero at the beginning of the year and to continue naming each of the victims of sexist violence, women and minors, since the opposite would be invisibility and oblivion.
It should be noted that this murder is not an isolated event, that although feminicide is the most extreme demonstration of violence against women, it is not the only example, since we live in a deeply unequal society, whose social structure encourages all types of discrimination and violence against women: physical violence, economic violence, psychological violence, sexual violence, symbolic violence.
This is why the role of institutions is important in the search for an egalitarian and fair society: structural inequality needs structural measures to be subverted, public policies that, in collaboration and harmony with all social agents, gradually but firmly transform this world, until it becomes a place where the simple fact of being a woman does not constitute a danger to life.
It is true that for many years now, as throughout the planet, in this country we have begun the feminist path towards a life free of sexist violence, and we have been making progress along it. However, today we have to make visible and denounce one more murder, and as long as this continues to happen we will be forced to recognize that we still have a way to go.
Once again, we launch our message of resounding rejection of sexist violence in all its manifestations and our commitment to equality.
We confirm to women in situations of violence, and to society as a whole, that we will continue to focus our efforts on taking effective measures against gender violence, as well as on influencing profound changes that will lead us towards the eradication of sexist violence, so that one day we can say that machismo, violence against women and the violation of their rights are things of the past.
NOT ONE MORE FEMICIDE.
NOT ONE MORE. NOT ONE LESS
Ministry of Social Rights, Equality, Diversity and Youth
Government of the Canary Islands
