The maximum prison sentence was raised from six to seven years for domestic violence, and from 10 to 12 years for sexual violence (up to life sentence, if perpetrator and victim are related).

The law required police to fast-track investigations and to report cases to a prosecution office within three days from the complaint.

Finally, it introduced new types of offenses often targeting women, such as revenge porn (abusing a person by illegally spreading sexually explicit images or videos of them on the Internet), acid attacks, and forced marriage.

The government was expected to pass soon a decree to allocate 12 million euros (13.2 million U.S. dollars) funds for the children of women killed in femicides.

Although it could not restore "the affection they have lost", Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Roberto Gualtieri wrote on Twitter last Friday, this public funding will finance "scholarships, health spending, training and job placement."

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