Italy passed a law that criminalizes femicide and established a life sentence for perpetrators.

The Parliament’s decision, announced last Tuesday, “responds to a wave of homicides and crimes of violence directed against women in the country.”

Authorities made the decision by majority vote, with 237 votes, establishing “life imprisonment as the maximum punishment for those who murder a woman out of hatred, discrimination, or for acts of control, possession, or domination based on gender, or as retaliation for a refusal to maintain or continue an intimate relationship.”

The President of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, stated that the law demonstrates profound political unity against violence against women. She added that the government doubled funding for centers and shelters for victims of violence, “promoted an emergency hotline, and implemented innovative educational and awareness initiatives.”

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Source: infobae

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