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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.

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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Ah I see. So somebody would be convicted of femicide instead of murder. What’s the intended affect of that?

[–] ISuperabound@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Appropriate culpability and awareness. The law is designed to both serve as a mechanism for appropriate justice, as well as a way to highlight and ongoing problem in Italian culture.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Got it. It’s more than just murder. There should be a word for rape by men as well.

[–] ISuperabound@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

It’s not “more than murder”, no. It’s a type of murder.

No there shouldn’t, the vast majority of cases of rapes are committed by men. If you were being logically consistent, you’d advocate for a different word/charge for cases of rape against men - because that’s one of the largest category of unreported sexual crime.