- The victim is a 38-year-old woman from Aldeanueva del Camino, Cáceres
The workers of the Delegation of the Government of Spain in the Community of Madrid, headed by the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo García; the delegate of the Government, Francisco Martín; and the subdelegate of the Government in Madrid, Pilar Trinidad, have observed a minute of silence for the murder of a woman for alleged gender violence in Cáceres.
In addition, numerous local police from different municipalities of the Community of Madrid participated in the minute of silence. They participated today in a training day, taught by National Police officers, of the System of Integral Monitoring of Cases of Gender Violence (VioGén System), to learn about the management of the Viogén 2 system, informing them about the new functionalities and the news of the next entry into force.
With this case of male violence, the number of women murdered by violence in the couple or ex-couple in Spain rises to twelve in 2025 and to 1,306 since 2003. And the number of minors orphaned by gender violence against their mother amounts to 9 in 2025 and 478 since 2013.
On this occasion, the subsequent reading of the Institutional Declaration of condemnation was made by Ana Sierra, member of the Delegation’s Press Office.
Once again, this minute of silence has been held simultaneously in all the delegations and subdelegations of Spain within the framework of the new “Protocol of condemnation and revulsion against murders due to gender violence” that aims to offer a joint institutional response to any murder caused by gender violence and vicarious violence, as well as support and solidarity with the victims, their relatives, and people close to them.
Finally, the statement reviewed all the communication methods available to victims, such as 016, online consultations through the email 016-online@igualdad.gob.es, the WhatsApp channel on the number 600 000 016 and online chat, accessible from the website violenciagenero.igualdad.gob.es, operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year.