Day 1: Gender violence, media, and feminisms

10h00-11h00 - Welcome session

11h00-12h30 - Media, gender, and violence. Keynote by Karen Boyle

14h30-16h00 - Feminist activisms in Portugal in the 21st century: communication challenges. Keynote by Carla Cerqueira

16h00-16h30 - Book presentation: #MeToo: Um segredo muito público by Sílvia Roque, Rita Santos, Maria João Faustino, and Júlia Garraio (Avenida da Liberdade Editores, 2024)

16h30-17h00 - Book presentation: Apps e Jovens Adultos: Contributos para um Mapeamento de Práticas Mediadas. Eds.:Inês Amaral, Ana Marta Flores, and Eduardo Antunes (University of Minho, 2024)

18h00-20h00 - Film screening (title to be announced) and debate. Moderator: Rita Alcaire

Day 2: Child sexual abuse

9h30-11h00 - The family is a dangerous place: sexual violence in contemporary Portuguese novels by women authors. Workshop by Júlia Garraio

11h30-13h00 - Sexual abuse of children and adolescents in the Portuguese Catholic Church. What do the ecclesiastical archives tell us? Seminar by Júlia Garraio, Francisco Azevedo Mendes, Rita Almeida de Carvalho and Sérgio Pinto (Historical Research Group of the Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse of Children in the Portuguese Catholic Church)

15h00-17h30 - Prevention of sexual violence against children: challenges and obstacles. Training session with Ângelo Fernandes (Quebrar o Silêncio)

Day 3: Media and sexual violence: methodologies and practice

9h00-11h00 - Methodologies for analysing the media. Workshop by Inês Amaral

11h30-13h00 - Misogynistic hate speech and online violence. Seminar by Rita Basílio Simões

15h00- 17h00 - Journalism and Sexual Violence. Rita Basílio Simões in conversation with Joana Amaral Cardoso, Paula Cosme Pinto, and Ana Rita Brito (roundtable)

Day 4: Imaginaries of sexual violence and political and legal challenges

9h00-11h00 - The representation of sexual violence in audiovisual fiction. Workshop by Rita Alcaire

11h30-13h00 - Islamophobia and the media. Seminar by Marta Araújo

14h30-16h00 - Representations of false accusations of sexual offences in the Portuguese press. Seminar by Maria João Faustino

16h30-18h00 - Attrition in rape offences: between procedural efficiency and rape myths. Keynote by Isabel Ventura

Day 5: Activisms and struggles for change

9h00-10h30 - Music and social transformation. Workshop by Alexandre Sousa Carvalho

11h00-12h30 - Rethinking masculinities in the fight against sexual violence. Tatiana Moura in conversation with Gary Barker and Ricardo Higuera Mellado

14h30-16h00 - Sexual harassment in academia. Discussion led by Daniela Sofia Neto

16h00-17h00 - Closing session - Talk and evaluation of the School