Luise Koch, Ladyane Souza, Maria Paula Russo Riva and Raji Ghawi wrote the book chapter ‘Why Do We Need a Territorial Typology of Gender-based Political Violence?’ on the analysis of online and offline harms faced by Brazilian women politicians in defence of their territory. It is part of the book ‘Victimisation in the Digital Age - An Online/Offline Continuum Approach’ edited by Tine Munk and Morag Kennedy and will be published by Routledge in 2024.

Online engagement plays a central role in political visibility and participation, but has led to a disturbing form of violence against female politicians and poses a major challenge to women's representation. Traditional gender analyses do not adequately capture the complex experiences of historically marginalised groups such as indigenous women, quilombola women and female farmers fighting for territorial rights. This chapter introduces a new dimension by relating gendered political violence to territory in light of the online-offline continuum. The chapter recognises the importance of territorial violence as a particular form of gendered political violence that is crucial in our increasingly virtual and interconnected world.

This publication is part of the research project Understanding, Detecting, and Mitigating Online Misogyny against Politically Active Women funded by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation.

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