UnCoveR is the first-ever comprehensive transdisciplinary study about sexual violence in Portuguese mediascape. It examines how the media reported, discussed and imagined sexual violence between 2011 and 2022, and how audiences interacted with these media narratives. Inaugurated by the Istanbul Convention, a legal-political landmark in the prevention of gender-based violence, this period is marked by media visibility of sexual violence and important institutional interventions and movements aimed at combating (the impunity of) sexual violence. Gender norms and jurisprudence underwent major changes in the last decades. Growing public awareness and vast research have contributed to increasing knowledge on sexual violence. Portugal is on par with the EU in terms of legislation concerning gender equality and the compliance towards international regimes of protection of women’s rights. Nonetheless, sexual violence remains pervasive. Stemming from this puzzle, UnCoveR explores the centrality of the (media’s) mediation of sexual violence, shedding light on (mediated) causes, processes, and effects.
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