In 2023, the prestigious Italian Treccani Encyclopaedia chose “femminicidio,” Italian for “femicide,” as its word of the year. Femicide is not an issue Italy is facing alone. However, Elena Cecchettin, Guila Cecchettin’s sister, has expressed a need to change this outdated framework of thinking. Titled “Provisions for Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence,” the law broadened the definition of unlawful conduct related to domestic violence, increased penalties for crimes related to domestic violence, and added special protections for victims of domestic violence, among other provisions. Focusing on domestic violence without explicitly naming and targeting femicide downplays the systemic component of the problem.