When a nation of beauty and civility starts legislating against barbarism, it’s admitting a cultural collision it can no longer ignore.

Murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be classified as femicide. Campaigners say a broader cultural shift ...

Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply ...

Italian model and entrepreneur Pamela Genini had what many might consider an enviable life. Then, last month, she was fatally stabbed at her home, police say.

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

The brutal stabbings of two women students in Italy within days of each other have unleashed a wave of anger and calls for a "cultural revolution" against violence towards women. The murders of Ilaria ...