Italy Passes a Femicide Law, Seeking to Prevent Violence Against Women

Murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be classified as femicide. Campaigners say a broader cultural shift ...
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Femicide Set To Become A Criminal Offence In Italy.

Italy’s parliament has approved a law that defines femicide, the murder of a woman motivated by her gender, and punishes it ...
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Italy adds ‘femicide’ to the criminal code to curb violence against women

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has supported a bill to punish ‘femicide’ with life imprisonment. Italy’s parliament ...
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Italy to punish femicide with life in prison

Today, Italy’s legislature passed a law that will make femicide an offense punishable by life imprisonment. It also passed other measures to bolster prosecution of gender-based offenses. The law is ...

Italy has a femicide problem. Critics say Prime Minister Georgia Meloni should do more to fix it

Italian model and entrepreneur Pamela Genini had what many might consider an enviable life. Then, last month, she was fatally stabbed at her home, police say.