The Violence of Guns and Gender Violence: a Fertile Field for Inequality

Abstract

This article shows how war can stimulate and be related to gender violence and inequality. It shows how the Angolan independence struggle, followed by nearly three decades of civil conflict, has influenced inequality in the daily existence of Angolan women. Inserted in this context of struggle, these women simultaneously seek routes to undertake a new struggle: the struggle for recognition of their rights. This is a struggle waged with letters, a struggle for rights, a struggle for autonomy.

Keywords

• violência
• cultura
• gênero
• desigualdade
• relações igualitárias
• violence
• culture
• gender
• inequality
• egalitarian relations