The Government Delegation today welcomed a minute’s silence in rejection of the murder of 38-year-old María by gender violence in the province of Aldeanueva del Camino, Cáceres, on May 27, 2025, and reiterated its deepest condolences to her family and friends, and reiterated its deepest condolences to her family and friends.
With this, there are 12 women killed by gender violence in 2025 at the hands of their partner or ex-partner and 9 minors who have been orphaned. With the confirmation of this case, the number of women killed by gender violence in Spain amounts to 1,306 since 2003, when these data began to be collected.
Since 2013, 63 children have been killed for gender-based violence against their mothers and 478 children have been orphaned by gender-based violence in Spain.
Government Delegate Sabrina Moh, who was responsible for reading the institutional statement, stressed that, as a democratic society, “we cannot tolerate any kind of violence against women because they are women.”
“Male violence is a structural violence, based on sexist discrimination, inequality and imbalance in power relations between women and men,” he said, noting that violence against women and girls “violates their fundamental rights to life, liberty, physical and moral integrity, equality and dignity.”
Duty of the whole society
“Despite the negationist approaches to male violence, we will persevere and continue to move towards a more just, egalitarian society free of male violence,” he said. To this end, an appeal is made to all institutions, administrations and the whole of society to maintain this struggle from unity and firmness.
The Ministry of Equality, through the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, recalls that telephone 016, and other services for care and advice are available to the whole society. These means of assistance can be activated by the victim and also by anyone who knows or suspects a case of gender violence. “It’s a duty of the whole society,” he concluded.