Publication Archive
This archive brings together publications emerging from over a decade of research led through the Gendered Resistance Lab (GRL).
Together, they reflect a connected network of research and present the data gathered over the years in a range of formats, including books, journal articles, book chapters, and reports, organised by project, year, and type of publication. Individually and collectively, these works generate insights that aim to inform further research, spark discussion, and contribute to policy development.
Book
Gendered urban violence among Brazilians: painful truths from Rio de Janeiro and London.
McIlwaine, C., Evans, Y., Heritage, P., Krenzinger, M., Rizzini Ansari, M. and Sousa Silva, E. (2024). Gendered urban violence among Brazilians: painful truths from Rio de Janeiro and London. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Year
2024
Book
Women Resisting Violence: Voices and Experiences from Latin America (also published in Spanish as Mujeres Resistiendo la Violencia)
Women Resisting Violence Collective. (2022). Women Resisting Violence: Voices and Experiences from Latin America. Practical Action/Latin America Bureau: Rugby/London.
Book
Dores que Libertam: Falas de Mulheres das Favelas da Maré, no Rio de Janeiro, sobre Violências.
Krenzinger, M., Sousa Silva, E., McIlwaine, C. and Heritage, P. (2019) Dores que libertam: falas de mulheres das favelas da Maré, no Rio de Janeiro, sobre violências. [online] Curitiba: Appris.
Year
2019
Journal Article
Reclaiming dignity through creative encounters among Brazilian women survivors of violence in London
McIlwaine, C., Peppl, R., & Cal Angrisani, C. (2026). Reclaiming dignity through creative encounters among Brazilian women survivors of violence in London. cultural geographies, 33(2) 165 –183. https://doi.org/10.1177/14744740251319039
Year
2026
Journal Article
Embodied counter-mapping of gendered urban violence and resistance across body-community–city territories in Rio de Janeiro
Heimer, R., McIlwaine, C., Rizzini Ansari, M., Peppl, R., Gonçalves Leal, J., Dionisio, A., Vieira, F., Souza dos Santos, J. and Silva Trindade, N. (2025). Embodied counter-mapping of gendered urban violence and resistance across body-community–city territories in Rio de Janeiro. Urban Geography, 46(4), 957–981. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2024.2422208
Year
2025
Journal Article
Cartographies of emergence of Latin American communities and British Latinx imaginaries in London
McIlwaine, C. (2026) Cartographies of emergence of Latin American communities and British Latinx imaginaries in London. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 45(1) e13607.
Year
2026
Journal Article
Introduction: towards migration-violence creative pathways. Special Issue on Arts-based approaches, migration and violence: intersectional and creative perspectives
McIlwaine, C., & Ryburn, M. (2024). Introduction: towards migration-violence creative pathways. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(13), 3229–3251.
Year
2024
Journal Article
Creative translation pathways for exploring gendered violence against Brazilian migrant women through a feminist translocational lens.
McIlwaine, C. (2024). Creative translation pathways for exploring gendered violence against Brazilian migrant women through a feminist translocational lens. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(13), pp.3252–3274. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2024.2345990.
Year
2024
Journal Article
Countermapping SDG 5 to address violence against women and girls in the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
McIlwaine, C., Rizzini Ansari, M., Gonçalves Leal, J., Vieira, F. and Sousa dos Santos, J. (2023). Countermapping SDG 5 to address violence against women and girls in the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Journal of Maps, 19(1), pp.1–11. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2178343.
Year
2023
Journal Article
Navigating migrant infrastructure and gendered infrastructural violence: reflections from Brazilian women in London
McIlwaine, C. and Evans, Y. (2023). Navigating migrant infrastructure and gendered infrastructural violence: reflections from Brazilian women in London. Gender, Place & Culture, 30(3), pp.395–417. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2022.2073335
Year
2023
Journal Article
Building emotional-political communities to address gendered violence against women and girls during COVID-19 in the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro
McIlwaine, C., Krenzinger, M., Rizzini Ansari, M., Coelho Resende, N., Gonçalves Leal, J. and Vieira, F. (2023). Building emotional-political communities to address gendered violence against women and girls during COVID-19 in the favelas of Maré, Rio de Janeiro. Social & Cultural Geography, 24(3-4), pp.563–581. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2022.2065697.
Year
2023
Journal Article
O Direito à Cidade de Mulheres: Uma análise sobre suas limitações a partir de violências infraestruturais de gênero contra brasileiras em Londres e na Maré, Rio de Janeiro. Translated title; Negotiating Women’s Right to the City: Gender-based and infrastructural violence against Brazilian women in London and residents in Maré, Rio de Janeiro
McIlwaine, C., Krenzinger, M., Rizzini Ansari, M., Evans, Y. and Sousa Silva, E. (2021). Negotiating women’s right to the city: gender-based and infrastructural violence against brazilian women in london and residents in Maré, Rio de Janeiro / O direito à cidade de mulheres: uma análise sobre suas limitações a partir de violências infraestruturais de gênero contra brasileiras em Londres e na Maré, Rio de Janeiro. Revista de Direito da Cidade, 13(2), pp.954–981. doi:https://doi.org/10.12957/rdc.2021.57564.
Journal Article
Violência de Gênero e Desigualdade Racial em uma Pesquisa com Mulheres no Território Conflagrado do Conjunto de Favelas da Maré/Rio de Janeiro. Revista Trabalho Necessário. Translated title: Gendered violence and racial inequality in research with women from the conflicted territory of the favela complex of Mare, Rio de Janeiro
Krenzinger, M., Farias, P., Morgado, R. and McIlwaine, C. (2021). Violência de Gênero e Desigualdade Racial em uma Pesquisa com Mulheres no Território Conflagrado do Conjunto de Favelas da Maré/Rio de Janeiro. Revista Trabalho Necessário, 19(38), pp.266–289. doi:https://doi.org/10.22409/tn.v19i38.47366.
Year
2021
Journal Article
Urban Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in transnational perspective: reflections from Brazilian women in London
McIlwaine, C. and Evans, Y. (2020). Urban Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in transnational perspective: reflections from Brazilian women in London. International Development Planning Review, 42(1), pp.93–112. doi:https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2018.31.
Year
2020
Journal Article
Olhares sobre Violências contra Mulheres a partir de um Conjunto de Favelas.
Krenzinger, M., Angélica, J., Silva Martins, G.R. and Silva, E.S., 2018. Olhares sobre violências contra mulheres a partir de um conjunto de favelas. Anais do XVI Encontro Nacional de Pesquisadores em Serviço Social
Year
2018
Book Chapter
Gendered urban violence in Rio De Janeiro: reflections from a transnational research programme
McIlwaine, C. and Krenzinger, M. (2024) Gendered urban violence in Rio De Janeiro: reflections from a transnational research programme. In B. Leite Pereira and F. Grave Ortiz (eds) Serviço Social e internacionalização: a experiência do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Serviço Social da UFRJ no âmbito do Programa CAPES/PrInt, Navegando: Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, 24-39. https://www.editoranavegando.com/internacionalizacao
Year
2024
Book Chapter
Gender-based violence in an urban world
McIlwaine, C. and Rizzini Ansari, M. (2024) Gender-based violence in an urban world. In L. Peake, A. Datta and G. Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (eds) Elgar International Handbook on Gender and Cities, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 366-375. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786436139.00049
Year
2024
Book Chapter
Gendered violence and health in ‘translocational’ perspective: Brazilian women’s experiences in Rio de Janeiro and London
McIlwaine, C and Rizzini Ansari, M. (2024) Gendered violence and health in ‘translocational’ perspective: Brazilian women’s experiences in Rio de Janeiro and London. In J. Gideon and S. Hawke (eds) A Research Agendas in Gender and Health, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 41–68. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802209228.00008
Year
2024
Book Chapter
Gender-based violence, international migration and Agenda 2030
McIlwaine, C. (2024) Gender-based violence, international migration and Agenda 2030. In N. Piper and K. Datta (eds) The Elgar Companion to Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 40-52.
Year
2024
Book Chapter
Not as safe as houses: experiences of domestic violence among international migrant women
McIlwaine, C. (2023). Not as safe as houses: experiences of domestic violence among international migrant women. In J. L. Waters, & B. SA. Yeoh (Eds.), Handbook on Migration and the Family (pp. 232-248). Edward Elgar.
Year
2023
Book Chapter
What is activist art? – Sophie Stevens interviews Gaël Le Cornec and Cathy McIlwaine
Stevens, S., Le Cornec, G. and McIlwaine, C. (2021). What is activist art? Sophie Stevens interviews Gaël Le Cornec and Cathy McIlwaine. In: Language Debates: Theory and Reality in Language learning, Teaching and Research. London: John Murray, pp.185–192.
Year
2021
Book Chapter
Gendered urban violence against women and girls from the margins to the centre. In: Urban Violence
McIlwaine, C. (2021). Gendered urban violence against women and girls from the margins to the centre. In: Urban Violence. [online] London: British Academy, pp.27–31. Available at:
Year
2021
Book Chapter
Memories of violence against women and girls across borders: Transformative gender justice through the arts among Brazilian women migrants in London
McIlwaine, C. (2021). Memories of violence against women and girls across borders: Transformative gender justice through the arts among Brazilian women migrants in London. In: Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization. London: Routledge, pp.211–229.
Year
2021
Book Chapter
Feminised urban futures, healthy cities and violence against women and girls: Transnational reflections from Brazilians in London and Maré, Rio de Janeiro
McIlwaine, C., Krenzinger, M., Evans, Y. and Sousa Silva, E. (2020). Feminised urban futures, healthy cities and violence against women and girls Transnational reflections from Brazilians in London and Maré, Rio de Janeiro. In: Urban transformations and public health in the emergent city. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Year
2020
Book Chapter
Comunidades políticoafetivas no enfrentamento a violências de gênero: mobilizações de mulheres na maré durante a pandemia de covid-19
"McIlwaine, C, Rizzini Ansari, M, Krenzinger, M, Gonçalves Leal, J, Coelho Resende, N & Vieira, F 2023, Comunidades políticoafetivas no enfrentamento a violências de gênero: mobilizações de mulheres na maré durante a pandemia de covid-19. in M Rizzini Ansari & N Coelho Resende (eds), Cuidado e Luta: inquietações sobre as dimensões subjetivas e institucionais da violência. DADOS INTERNACIONAIS DE CATALOGAÇÃO NA PUBLICAÇÃO (CIP), Sao Paulo, pp. 107-131. "
Year
2023
Exhibition Booklet
Who’s behind your order?
Migrants in Action (2023). Who’s behind your order? London: King’s College London.
Year
2023
Exhibition Booklet
Dignity and Resistance
McIlwaine, C., Peppl, R. and Santos, P. (2022). Dignity and Resistance. London: King's College London.
Year
2022
Report
We Still Fight in the Dark: Evaluation Findings, Reflections, and Lessons for Policy & Practice
McIlwaine, C., Sreenan, N., Cal Angrisani, C., Peppl, R. and Gomes, IM. (2022). We Still Fight in the Dark: Evaluation Findings, Reflections, and Lessons for Policy & Practice. London: King's College London.
Year
2022
Report
Body Territory: Mapping women's resistance to violence in the favelas of Mare, Rio de Janeiro
Heimer, R., Rizzini Ansari, M., Gonçalves Leal, J., Dionisio, A., Vieira, F., Trindade, N. and McIlwaine, C. (2022). Body Territory: Mapping women's resistance to violence in the favelas of Mare, Rio de Janeiro. London: King's College London.
Year
2022
Report
Resistance Practices to Address Gendered Urban Violence in Maré, Rio de Janeiro. Research Report
McIlwaine, C., Coelho Resende, N., Rizzini Ansari, M., Dionisio, A., Gonçalves Leal, J., Vieira, F., Krenzinger, M., Heritage, P., Peppl, R. & Sousa Silva, E. (2022). Resistance Practices to Address Gendered Urban Violence in Maré, Rio de Janeiro: Research Report. London: King's College London.
Year
2022
Report
Resistance Practices to Address Gendered Urban Violence in Maré, Rio de Janeiro. Key Findings and Policy Recommendations
McIlwaine, C., Coelho Resende, N., Rizzini Ansari, M., Dionisio, A., Gonçalves Leal, J., Vieira, F., Krenzinger, M., Heritage, P., Peppl, R. & Sousa Silva, E. (2022). Resistance Practices to Address Gendered Urban Violence in Maré, Rio de Janeiro: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations. London: King's College London.
Year
2022
Report
Digital Storytelling among Women Artists Resisting Violence in Mare, Rio de Janeiro: Building a Memory Collection for the Museum of the Person
McIlwaine, C., Coelho Resende, N., Rizzini Ansari, M., Gonçalves Leal, J., Vieira, F., Dionisio, A. and Heritage, P. (2022). Digital Storytelling among Women Artists Resisting Violence in Mare, Rio de Janeiro: Building a Memory Collection for the Museum of the Person. London: King's College London.
Year
2022
Report
The Right to be Believed: Migrant women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the ‘hostile immigration environment’ in London
McIlwaine, C. Granada, L., & Valenzuela-Oblitas, I. (2019). The Right to be Believed: Migrant women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the ‘hostile immigration environment’ in London. Latin American Women's Rights Service: London (https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/110500935/The_right_to_be_believed_Full_report_final.pdf)
Year
2019
Report
We can't fight in the dark: Violence Against Women and Girls among Brazilians in London (Full Report)
Year
2018
Report
‘Não se pode lutar no escuro’: Violência Contra Mulheres e Meninas Brasileiras em Londres (Long report in Portuguese)
McIlwaine, C. and Evans, YM. (2018).‘Não se pode lutar no escuro’: Violência Contra Mulheres e Meninas Brasileiras em Londres (Long report in Portuguese) King's College London: London.
Year
2018
Report
‘Não se pode lutar no escuro’: Violência Contra Mulheres e Meninas Brasileiras em Londres (breve relatório).
McIlwaine, C. and Evans, YM. (2018).‘Não se pode lutar no escuro’: Violência Contra Mulheres e Meninas Brasileiras em Londres (breve relatorio) King's College London: London.
Year
2018
Report
‘We can’t fight in the dark’: Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) among Brazilians in London (short report)
McIlwaine, C. and Evans, YM. (2018). We can't fight in the dark: Violence Against Women and Girls among Brazilians in London Short Report. King's College London: London.
Year
2018
Report
Violence Against Migrant Women: a review of risk factors and barriers to accessing help a review of risk factors and barriers to accessing help
Evans, Y. and McIlwaine, C. (2018). Violence Against Migrant Women: a review of risk factors and barriers to accessing help. King's College London: London.
Year
2018
Report
Violência Contra Mulheres no Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro.
Krenzinger, M., Silva, E.S., Morgado, R., Garcia, J., Martins, G. and Silva, I.S. (2018). Violência contra mulheres no Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro. King’s College London: London.
Year
2018
Report
Violence Against Women in Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro
Krenzinger, M., Silva, E.S., Morgado, R., Garcia, J., Martins, G. and Silva, I.S. (2018). Violence Against Women in Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro. King’s College London: London.
Report
Brazilian women in London: a profile
Evans, Y. and McIlwaine, C. (2018). Brazilian women in London: a profile. London: People’s Palace Projects at Queen Mary University: London .
Year
2018
Report
SCAR: WOW Festival 2018. Evaluation
Tiller, C. (2018) SCAR: WOW Festival 2018. Evaluation. People's Palace Projects: London.
Year
2018
Report
Supporting Brazilian Women in London: Service Provision for Survivors of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
Evans, Y. and McIlwaine, C. (2017). Supporting Brazilian women in London: service provision for survivors of violence against women and girls (VAWG). London: Queen Mary University of London.
Year
2017
Report
Violência contra mulheres e meninas (VCMM): uma abordagem sobre o estado da arte
Morgado, R. and Souza, I. (2016). Violência contra mulheres e meninas (VCMM): uma abordagem sobre o estado da arte. London: Queen Mary University of London: London.
Year
2016
Artistic output (installation)
SCAR – An installation by Bia Lessa (multi-media installation with PPP)
Lessa, B. (2018) SCAR [Multimedia installation]. London: People’s Palace Projects/Southbank Centre, WOW – Women of the World Festival.
Year
2018
Artistic output (film)
Ana by Gaël Le Cornec (short film with Footprint Productions)
Le Cornec, G. (2019) Ana [Short film]. London: Footprint Productions. Available at: IMDb/Vimeo.
Year
2019
Artistic output (film and animation)
Viral video: Raising awareness on violence against Brazilian women in London
Baneres, A. (dir.) (2018) Raising awareness on violence against Brazilian women in London [Video]. Animation by Francesca da Bassa. London: People’s Palace Projects.
Year
2018
Artistic output (verbatim theatre play)
Efêmera by Gaël Le Cornec (verbatim theatre play with CASA Latin American Theatre Festival)
Le Cornec, G. (2017) Efêmera [Verbatim theatre play]. Performed by Gaël Le Cornec and Rosie MacPherson. London: CASA Latin American Theatre Festival/Southwark Playhouse.
Year
2017
Artistic output (sound installation)
Believe by Gaël Le Cornec (sound installation with Footprint Productions and VEM network)
Le Cornec, G. (2019) Believe [Sound-performance installation]. London: Footprint Productions/Visual and Embodied Methodologies Network, King’s College London.
Year
2019
Artistic output (film of performance)
Believe by Gaël Le Cornec (film of performance with Footprint Productions and VEM network)
Le Cornec, G. (2019) Believe [Film documentation of performance]. London: Footprint Productions/Visual and Embodied Methodologies Network, King’s College London.
Year
2019
Artistic output (drawing)
Observational drawing of focus groups (artist - Mila de Choch)
de Choch, M. (2022) Observational drawings of focus groups [Drawing series]. Dignity and Resistance project. London/Rio de Janeiro: King’s College London/People’s Palace Projects/Redes da Maré.
Year
2022
Artistic output (exhibition of films)
Museu da Pessoa Women's Lives Exhibition
Museu da Pessoa (2022) Women’s Lives/Vidas Femininas [Online exhibition]. São Paulo: Museu da Pessoa.
Year
2022
Artistic output (film)
Museu da Pessoa and Women's House of Mare Digital Storytelling film (Women of Mare: Art as resistance)
People’s Palace Projects, Museu da Pessoa and Casa das Mulheres da Maré (2023) Women of Maré: Art as Resistance [Short film/digital storytelling film]. London/Rio de Janeiro: People’s Palace Projects.
Year
2023
Artistic output (storymap)
Storymap: Resisting Violence, Creating Dignity
Resisting Violence, Creating Dignity project team (2022) Resisting Violence, Creating Dignity [ArcGIS StoryMap]. Available at: ArcGIS StoryMaps (Accessed: 27 April 2026).
Year
2022
Artistic output (podcast)
Women Resisting Violence Podcast (Rio’s Trailblazing Women’s House and Step Up Migrant Women) with the Latin America Bureau
Morris, L. (producer and writer) and Peppl, R. (presenter) (2021) ‘Rio’s Trailblazing Women’s House’, Women Resisting Violence [Podcast]. London: Latin America Bureau and King’s College London, 2 December.
Year
2021
Artistic output (film and installation)
We Still Fight in the Dark (film and installation)
Morris, L. (producer and writer) and Peppl, R. (presenter) (2021) ‘Step Up Migrant Women’, Women Resisting Violence [Podcast]. London: Latin America Bureau and King’s College London, 9 December.
Year
2024
Artistic output (Photovoice)
Who’s behind your order? Exhibition, London
Migrants in Action (MinA) (2022) We Still Fight in the Dark [Film, installation and performance]. London: Migrants in Action/King’s College London/People’s Palace Projects.
Year
2023