How does political violence target women’s activism? Reboiro-Río and Rodó-Zárate (2026) examine how violence against women in politics and activist spaces functions as a tool to discipline, silence and push women out of public life.
The research focused on violence against women in politics (VAWIP) alongside studies on women activist has made vital contributions by defining violence as gender-based issue aimed at women for participating in politics. Through these frameworks, violence serves to punish, silence, or remove women from political and public participation altogether.
In parallel with these insights, an expanding body of scholarship examines anti-gender politics as an organized, transnational political project, focusing closely on the key actors involved, their surrounding discourses, and their strategic methods.
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Reboiro-Río, U., & Rodó-Zárate, M. (2026). Violence Against Feminist Advocates: Political Violence and Anti-Gender Politics. Politics & Gender, 22(3), 859–867. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X26101044