Brave Women

Julia Zulver is a Wallenberg Academy Fellow at the Swedish Defence University. Her research focuses on feminist response to patriarchal backlash after conflict. She is a Senior Researcher at Ladysmith.Kiran Stallone is an independent researcher living in Bogotá, Colombia. She focuses on armed conflict and gender, and currently works as a Senior Researcher at Ladysmith.

“The book takes the reader on a journey around the world, holding up a gendered lens to activism and the pursuit of justice. The chapters cover women’s stories and a wide array of gendered struggles across the globe. Their stories reflect their perseverance and bravery. ... We outline how the book developed, the challenges we faced, and what we hope the book will contribute to our understanding of women activists around the world.” (Julia Zulver and Kiran Stallone, Politics & Gender, March 12, 2025)

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Silences that Speak: Deciphering the Unsaid while Protecting Women in Colombia.- Chapter 3. Inés Fernandez and the Me’phaa Ambassadors in Guerrero, Mexico.- Chapter 4. Ancestrality and the fight for the right to self-representation: The political struggle of enslaved people’s great-granddaughters in Brazil.- Chapter 5. My biggest achievement … was to be myself.” Trans Activism in Peru.- Chapter 6. Practices of love and care in the Women’s Advocacy Network, northern Uganda.- Chapter 7. Feminist Activism in Exile: Burundi’s Mouvement Inamahoro.- Chapter 8. The Politics of Care in the Fight Against Domestic Violence: Community-Coordinated Safety and Collective Care in South Africa.- Chapter 9. Transformative Activism: Women’s Peace Efforts within Conflict-Affected Populations in Georgia.- Chapter 10. “I’d rather create my own table than sit where I am not wanted.” A conversation between Stella Naw and Jenny Hedström about Myanmar.- Chapter 11. Pretty Purposed: A Social Justice Partnership for Black Girls in Virginia, United States.