The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice signed an agreement that will enable the use of data, on the level of risk of victims in cases of domestic violence, with the purpose of creating new policies and strategies to prevent intimate femicide.

As part of the “Interagency Agreement for the Disclosure of Sociodemographic Data on Victims of Domestic Violence,” the Department of Justice will share with the Institute the results of the risk assessments that prosecutors carry out on victims of domestic violence to analyze the scale of risk and danger of death they face.

The data and statistics that will be generated, through these epidemiological processes, can be used to identify possible determinants, risk factors and vulnerabilities. As a result of this agreement, the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute will be able to provide complete, reliable statistics with quick and universal access, with the purpose of helping to prevent violence and intimate femicide.

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Puerto Rico Statistics Institute participates in the hearing of the Natural Resources Committee of the United States House of Representatives

Washington, DC — June 21, 2024. The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) participated in the hearing of the Subcommittee on Indigenous and Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives. During the hearing, entitled Examining the findings of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to address data breaches and improve data collection in the territories, the importance of having high-quality statistics for effective democratic governance and the appropriate allocation of government resources was emphasized.

The representative of the Institute at these hearings, Mr. Jacobo Orenstein Cardona, said that the Institute supports the recent GAO report, which recommends “that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ensure that your Chief Statistician develops a coordinated approach at the government level so that federal statistical agencies, in consultation with U.S. territories and other stakeholders, examine the costs, benefits and feasibility of including territories in statistical products and, as appropriate, identify ways to address any data gaps.”

During his presentation, Orenstein-Cardona, who is also the Institute's executive assistant, emphasized that “high-quality statistics are fundamental to a functional democracy because they provide a factual basis for making informed decisions. In a democratic society, the ability of citizens to make educated decisions about their governance and policies is paramount.”

Among other issues, Orenstein-Cardona emphasized that “high-quality statistics help in the allocation of government resources, since they indicate where more investment is needed, whether in education, health, infrastructure or other areas. They also promote a culture of responsibility, where public officials are responsible for their decisions and the results obtained.”

Orenstein-Cardona concluded his presentation by mentioning that, “through collaboration with federal and local governments, the Institute can serve as an intermediary and contribute significantly to the inclusion of Puerto Rico in federal statistical products. This will allow for comparability with other jurisdictions in the United States and will improve the reliability of statistics for the benefit of the entire population of Puerto Rico.”

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity responsible for coordinating the Government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and have quick and universal access.

For more information you can visit the website: www.estadisticas.pr or write to preguntas@estadisticas.pr. They can also follow social networks through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), X (@EstadisticasPR), LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) and Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) accounts.

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Date: May 31, 2024

To amend paragraph (l) of Article 2.04 of Law 20-2017, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Department of Public Security Act”, for the purpose of requiring that the Commissioner of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau shall report daily to municipalities the statistics of reported crimes detailed according to their nature, that occur within their territorial limits; and for other related purposes.

San Juan, Puerto Rico- May 27, 2024. Data from the Institute of Statistics indicate that, so far this year, 23 murders of women have occurred in Puerto Rico, 10 of which were femicides and, of these 10, eight were committed by their partners. These were some of the data presented during the Second Symposium on Statistics on Gender-based Violence in Puerto Rico from the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics. During the day, the importance of addressing all manifestations of violence, including economic and emotional violence, as well as child abuse, which is often used as a form of pressure on victims, was also highlighted. In addition, the importance of statistical data in the formulation of public policies was highlighted and reflections were presented on the impact of violence on educational processes.

The Second Symposium on Statistics on Gender Violence brought together more than a hundred representatives from public and private sectors and non-profit organizations, who had the opportunity to deepen the analysis of statistics and different situations related to gender-based violence. The event brought together 14 experts in different areas related to gender-based violence, who shared statistical data and offered fundamental perspectives to understand the complexity of this phenomenon. Among the issues addressed are the design of public policies to eradicate gender-based violence, the social impact of violence, and the health approach to combat it.

“This Second Symposium on Statistics on Gender Violence has become a fundamental space for the exchange of knowledge and the promotion of concrete actions to address this serious problem affecting our society. The commitment of different sectors is essential to achieve significant progress in the eradication of gender-based violence in Puerto Rico. On behalf of the Institute, we will continue to work on the generation and collection of data that aid in knowledge, but particularly in the prevention of gender-based violence,” said Dr. Orville M. Disdier, Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics.

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity responsible for coordinating the Government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and have quick and universal access.

To access the presentations and incidents of the Second Symposium on Statistics on Gender Violence in Puerto Rico, visit the following link: https://estadisticas.pr/en/segundo-simposio-estadisticas-violencia-de-genero.

For more information you can write to preguntas@estadisticas.pr. They can also follow social networks through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), X (@EstadisticasPR), LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) and Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) accounts.

Authorized by the Office of the Electoral Controller OCE-SA-2024-08568

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The Second Symposium on Gender-based Violence Statistics in Puerto Rico:

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute organized the Second Symposium on Gender Violence Statistics, which took place on May 10, 2024. During the Symposium, a space was created to guide citizens on the availability of statistical data on gender-based violence generated by government agencies. These data are crucial to contribute to the analysis, prevention and eradication of gender-based violence in Puerto Rico.

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This event emerged as an essential continuation of providing relevant statistical information on gender-based violence in Puerto Rico. At this event, professionals from multiple disciplines present information aimed at the different manifestations of gender-based violence. This was done with the purpose of continuing efforts to create orientation spaces to accurately measure the problem of gender-based violence in Puerto Rico and its different manifestations from a health perspective. Information exchanges at events like this are of paramount importance as they promote understanding of this topic and the need for coordinated, multisectoral efforts to address this problem.

Presentations:

• Dr. Orville M. Disdier, Effects of violence on the teaching-learning process
• Lcd. Ileana V. Espada Martinez, Public Policies against Gender-based Violence
• Dr. Diego Zavala, Intimate partner violence and the health approach
• Dr. Rebeca Ward and Brenda Guzman, Data, primary prevention tools and action plans
• Captain Aymée Alvarado Cardona and Myribel Santiago Torres, Domestic Violence Among the Police Negotiate
• Mariluz Bezares Salinas, Towards an Accurate Measurement of Femicide in Puerto Rico
• Manuel Mangual, Information updates about PARE
• Lcd. Madeline Bermudez, Gender Violence from the OPM Perspective and Identifying the needs of working women in Puerto Rico.
• Prosecutor Laura Hernández, The Strategic Role of Statistical Data in Combating Domestic Violence
• Dr. Francisco Pesante Gonzalez, Profile of Child Abuse in Puerto Rico
• Dr. Ronald Hernandez and Leyda I. Soto López, Employment and Gender; An Overview of Puerto Rico

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Date: May 3, 2024

To order the Commission for the Development and Oversight of Public Funds of the Western Region of the Puerto Rico Chamber to conduct an exhaustive investigation into the population decline in the municipalities of Aguadilla and Moca; its effects on the accessibility of services; as well as, to identify the causes of the reduction and possible mitigation measures; and for other related purposes.