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05-16-2011, 02:40 PM
Highly respected assistant prosecutor for women's affairs Roxana Reyes says that the statistics used in the recent Amnesty International Report are misleading. She said that the report claims there was an increase in violence against women in the Dominican Republic in 2010. She says the opposite is the case, and that the number of cases declined last year. As reported in Diario Libre, Reyes observed that the report makes a comparison between 2011-2009 and not 2011-2010, which would have been correct.
Reyes said that the Prosecutor General Office has not yet released its consolidated January-May 2011 report. She said that statistics for that period show that during that period in 2010 23 murders linked to domestic marital violence were recorded, while this year there have been 19 for the same period.
Reyes said that the Dominican Republic has the lowest rate of marital femicide in Latin America.
"Now the problem of violence against women in our country requires a great deal of attention and the prosecutor's office is making all efforts," she said. She assured that comparative studies show that the Dominican Republic has 2.12% femicides for every 100,000 inhabitants, which is the lowest rate in Latin America. She said she was not aware of the source of the data Amnesty International used to prepare their report.
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Reyes said that the Prosecutor General Office has not yet released its consolidated January-May 2011 report. She said that statistics for that period show that during that period in 2010 23 murders linked to domestic marital violence were recorded, while this year there have been 19 for the same period.
Reyes said that the Dominican Republic has the lowest rate of marital femicide in Latin America.
"Now the problem of violence against women in our country requires a great deal of attention and the prosecutor's office is making all efforts," she said. She assured that comparative studies show that the Dominican Republic has 2.12% femicides for every 100,000 inhabitants, which is the lowest rate in Latin America. She said she was not aware of the source of the data Amnesty International used to prepare their report.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)