{"id":3400,"date":"2025-11-26T08:02:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2025-11-26T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:02:23","slug":"italy-adds-femicide-to-the-criminal-code-to-curb-violence-against-women-women-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3400","title":{"rendered":"Italy adds \u2018femicide\u2019 to the criminal code to curb violence against women | Women News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has supported a bill to punish \u2018femicide\u2019 with life imprisonment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Al-Jazeera-Erin-1-1754975994.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 26 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">26 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Italy\u2019s parliament has formally added the crime of femicide \u2013 the deliberate killing of women and girls due to their gender \u2013 to its criminal code, with a punishment of life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was unanimously approved on Tuesday, marking what Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described as a sign of \u201cpolitical cohesion against the barbaric nature of violence against women\u201d, according to Italian public broadcaster RAI.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Meloni\u2019s government has backed the bill since its start and supported other legislation to protect women, like anti-stalking laws. Parliament is also<span style=\"font-size:22px\"> debating a bill that prohibits sexual intercourse without \u201cfree and actual consent\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have doubled funding for antiviolence centres and shelters, promoted an emergency hotline and implemented innovative education and awareness-raising activities,\u201d Meloni said, according to The Associated Press news agency. \u201cThese are concrete steps forward, but we won\u2019t stop here. We must continue to do much more, every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vote also coincided with the United Nations\u2019 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.<\/p>\n<p>Italy last year recorded 106 femicides, 62 of which were committed by a partner or former partner, AP reported, citing Italy\u2019s statistics agency.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are in line with global trends that show nearly two-thirds of female homicides were committed by a partner or family member, according to UN Women.<\/p>\n<p>The persistent problem of violence against women came to national attention in Italy in November 2023 when a 22-year-old university student, Giulia Cecchettin, was stabbed by her boyfriend. He was later sentenced to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups in Italy, like the gender-based movement Non Una di Meno, or Not One Less, say that Meloni\u2019s government is too focused on penalties rather than preventing violence.<\/p>\n<p>Italy is one of the few countries in the European Union without mandatory sexual education in its public-school systems, and many programmes require parental consent.<\/p>\n<p>Non Una di Meno said this week that the government must also focus on \u201csexual and emotional education\u201d, as well as the \u201ceconomic wellbeing of women\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has supported a bill to punish \u2018femicide\u2019 with life imprisonment. 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