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0113/2026 - Digital activism collectives in addressing femicides and other gender-based violence against women
Coletivos de ativismo digital no enfrentamento aos feminicídios e outras violências de gênero contra mulheres

Author:

• Suely Ferreira Deslandes - Deslandes, SF - <deslandes.s@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7062-3604

Co-author(s):

• Tiago Coutinho - Coutinho, T - <tiago.coutinho@ioc.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0545-9457
• Claudia Valéria Cardim da Silva - Silva, CVC - <claudiavaleria.cardim@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4939-5106


Abstract:

This article analyzes the strategies of Brazilian digital activism collectives in combating femicides and other forms of gender-based violence. Based on a theoretical-methodological approach that combines Critical Discourse Analysis, the "politics of everyday life," and connective action, the study examined the posts with the highest engagement from six collectives on Instagram. The results identify algorithmic engagement strategies, discursive forces of denunciation, support, information, and memory preservation, articulated through a visual aesthetic and plural bodily expressions. It is concluded that these collectives transform vulnerabilities into collective resistance and develop political action aimed at gender justice, although they face challenges such as the ephemerality of online attention and algorithmic mediation. The connection between these experiences and the field of health still needs to be developed for mutual benefit in their actions.

Keywords:

Femicide, gender violence, digital activism.

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Deslandes, SF, Coutinho, T, Silva, CVC. Digital activism collectives in addressing femicides and other gender-based violence against women. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2026/May). [Citado em 17/09/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/digital-activism-collectives-in-addressing-femicides-and-other-genderbased-violence-against-women/20011



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