Italy’s parliament has approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.

Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.

The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women, a day designated by the U.N. General Assembly.

The law won bipartisan support from the center-right majority and the center-left opposition in the final vote in the Lower Chamber, passing with 237 votes in favor.

The law, backed by the conservative government of Premier Giorgia Meloni, comes in response to a series of killings and other violence targeting women in Italy. It includes stronger measures against gender-based crimes including stalking and revenge porn.

    • Smoogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Recognizing group harassment is also benefitting individualism by recognizing that… inequity is real.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
      76·
      2 months ago

      So are you guys getting less stalking, harassmentd, domestic violence and murder by your partner or are you just blowing smoke rings here