The Government Delegation in Navarre condemns a new murder for gender violence in the province of Cáceres. This is a 38-year-old woman allegedly killed by her partner yesterday, May 27. There were no previous complaints of gender-based violence against the alleged aggressor. The victim had a minor child.
With the confirmation of this case, the number of women killed by gender violence in Spain amounts to 12 in 2025 and 1,306 since 2003, when these data were first collected.
The number of children orphaned by gender violence against their mothers is nine so far this year and 478 since 2013.
The government delegate in Navarre, Alicia Echeverría, wishes to express her absolute condemnation and rejection of this machista murder and transfers all her support to the victim’s family and friends. It calls for all efforts from the institutions, administrations and the whole of society to arrive on time and avoid more deaths.
The Ministry of Equality, through the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, has the telephone 016, online consultations through the email 016-online@igualdad.gob.es, the WhatsApp channel on the number 600 000 016 and the online chat, accessible from the web page violence against women igualdad.gob.es, which works 24 hours a day, every day of the week. At 016 you can ask for advice on the resources available and the rights of victims of all forms of violence against women, as well as legal advice from 8 am to 10 pm every day of the week, with care in 53 languages and a service adapted to possible situations of disability.
The means of assistance can be activated by the victim and also by anyone who knows or suspects a case of gender violence. It is a duty of the whole society.