This edited collection of interdisciplinary essays critically analyse political strategies, civil society initiatives and modes of representation that challenge the conventional narratives that sustain the current configuration of women in contexts of violence.

1 Reframing women's victimization: Challenges and possibilities, Part I Politics, 2 Women Survivors of sexist abuse in Spain: The role of affects of proximity and recognition on the way out, 3 The 'comfort women' apologies: Gender victimhood and the politics of grievability, 4 Gender, agency and the construction of a rape victim: The ICTY and the prosecution of sexual violence in Bosnia-Hercegovina, 5 Women's resistance in violent settings: Infrapolitical strategies in Brazil and Colombia, 6 Towards transformative gender equality: The importance of addressing economic violence against women in Cambodia, Part II: Activism, 7 Feminist and grassroots activism rewriting women as victims: Kenyan women's untold story, 8 Collective action and organization against gender violence in Spain: When victims became activists, 9 Transnational feminist activism to reframe femicide: The case of #NiuNaMenos and #VivasNosQueremos, 10 Materialising resistance against rape culture online: The phenomenon of SlutWalks, 11 Mukhtaran Mai's transformation from gang-rape victim to the feminist face of glamour: Transcending notions of tribal honour, gender and class in Pakistan, Part III: Cultural narratives, 12 'Pump up the positivity': Neoliberalism, affective entrepreneurship and the victimhood/agency debate, 13 Radical vulnerability: Feminism, victimhood and agency, 14 Rethinking the victim in Zoë Morrison's Music and Freedom (2016), 15 Survivor speech: Formulations of the victim/survivor identity in contemporary UK media, 16 Rape victims, representation and resistance in India: Between collectivity and solitariness