Introduction
Everything seemed to change at once: women’s liberation and the women’s movement(s) from the 1960s
Women’s liberation: strands, debates, transformations
The violence against women movements burst into life
Taking on rape and sexual violence, as well as domestic abuse
A radical women’s politics: the light of innovation and new ways to organise
Wider feminist principles and domestic violence: making a new world
As time went on: the movements on domestic violence and harmful practices grow
Struggling to change: campaigns, laws, and local and global strategies
Activist responses, justice and shelters (refuges) across the world
Expanding the movements, gaining the evidence: feminist research and transnational action
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