Violence against women is
"incompatible with our present" and must be stopped, said
Premier Giorgia Meloni at the signing of the Agreement for
development and cohesion with the Veneto Region on Friday.
The ceremony opened with a round of applause in memory of Giulia
Cecchettin, the 22-year-old biomedical engineering student who
was murdered by her former boyfriend Filippo Turetta in Veneto
on November 11.
"I endorse the act of remembrance for Giulia and our collective
responsibility in the face of intolerable phenomena that must be
fought at 360 degrees," said the premier.
"I am proud of the law that was voted by all the political
forces (in parliament)," continued Meloni, referring to the new
anti-violence and anti-stalking norms approved definitively by
the Senate on Wednesday.
"There are areas where sharing can make a difference," she
added.
"We have other initiatives ready, we will not stop until
violence against women stops, it is something that is
incompatible with our present," concluded Meloni.
On Wednesday the Senate gave unanimous approval, with 157 votes
in favour, to a government bill on violence against women,
making it the law of the land.
The law, drafted by Family and Equal Opportunities and Family
Minister Eugenia Roccella, ups protection for women in danger
and the survivors of gender-based violence.
The package, which was signed off by the government in June and
approved by the Lower House in October, includes new restraining
orders and heightened surveillance on men guilty of domestic
violence and it also boosts the emergency gender-violence
hotline.
The measures aim to interrupt the "cycle of violence" and to
"act promptly and effectively" according to Roccella.
The government and opposition agreed on two motions accelerating
the passage of the bill in the Senate amid the outcry sparked by
the femicide of Cecchettin.
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