Conferences
2026 · Online, United Nations
Women Want Justice on Domestic Violence & Child Custody — UNCSW 70
Side event of the 70th Commission on the Status of Women
Paper on how domestic violence is (or is not) considered in child custody decisions in Portugal, arguing for the centrality of the best interests of the child.
2026 · Ghent, Belgium
CHILD Final Event
University of Ghent
Final event of the CHILD project, presenting findings on gaps and opportunities for child-friendly justice, drawing on professional practice across nine Member States.
2026 · Porto, Portugal
4.º Congresso Internacional de Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais
Universidade Fernando Pessoa
Internationally co-authored paper on gender-based violence against politically active women and its chilling effect on democratic participation.
2026 · Porto, Portugal
Conferência sobre Violência Doméstica
University of Maia
Presentation of the main findings of the Observatory of Murdered Women, showing how femicide monitoring supports knowledge production, public awareness and the development of more effective responses to gender-based violence.
2025 · Vienna, Austria
Annual Conference of the European Network on Gender and Violence
ENGV
Paper on the transnational study of child-friendly justice implementation for child victims of violence across nine European countries.
2024 · Matera, Italy
Preventing and Combating Sexual Violence and Femicide
WWVIF — Women Without Violence International Foundation
Paper on the invisible victims of femicide — families and close relations — and their experiences of pain and injustice within the criminal justice system.
2023 · Seoul, South Korea
International Conference on Ending Gender-Related Killings of Women and Girls
UN Women · invited, nominated by EIGE
Invited paper, nominated by EIGE, on pathways for translating femicide research into practice and public policy.
2019 · San Francisco, United States
American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
Criminology in the New Era: Confronting Injustice and Inequalities
Paper analysing Portuguese Supreme Court decisions on intimate partner homicide and what they reveal about sentencing.