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Political (In)stability and Research on Gender-Based Violence in Africa: Experiences from Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2025

Enzo Lenine Open the ORCID record for Enzo Lenine [Opens in a new window]  and
Naentrem Sanca
Enzo Lenine*
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Department of Political Science, https://ror.org/02p928v94Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Naentrem Sanca
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Research Center on Women and Gender in Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, Guinea, Bissau
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Corresponding author: Enzo Lenine; Email: lenine@ufba.br
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Gender-based violence (GBV) has become a prominent theme in feminist struggles across Africa (Medie 2019). A burgeoning literature has recently emerged as a result of debates about GBV in a variety of African settings, resulting in a multifaceted picture of the causes and consequences of GBV in the continent (Aroussi 2017; Ayiera 2010; Bennett 2010; Oku 2021). As laudable as this body of research is, certain lacunae are easily noticeable in respect to studying GBV in Portuguese-speaking countries, especially in smaller states such as Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. With a few exceptions (Henriques et al. 2015; Moura et al. 2009; Mourão 2009; Silva 2021, 2022), these countries are often neglected in feminist research in Africa, especially in English-speaking circles. There is even less attention paid to the particular political settings of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau and how they affect feminist agendas around GBV.

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Politics & Gender , First View , pp. 1 - 6
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association

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