Media coverage on the violence against women among Cabo Verde´s newspapers

Authors

  • Isis Cleide da Cunha Fernandes
  • Virginia Pradelina da Silveira Fonseca Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Gender violence. Violence against women. Journalism.

Abstract

Presents some of the main results of a research carried out in 2011 to analyse the presentation that the most important newspapers in Cabo Verde give to the violence against women in the first decade of this century. To start with, the article analyses gender violence in the context of that country. Next, it presents some data obtained through the analysis of the articles produced by the three most important nationwide newspapers - A Semana, Expresso das Ilhas and A Nação. Eventually, it studies the coverage offered by the Cabo Verde´s press to such grave social problem.

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Author Biographies

Isis Cleide da Cunha Fernandes

Mestre em Comunicação e Informação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Virginia Pradelina da Silveira Fonseca, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Jornalista, Doutora em Comunicação e Informação, professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Informação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Published

2012-12-23

How to Cite

FERNANDES, Isis Cleide da Cunha; FONSECA, Virginia Pradelina da Silveira. Media coverage on the violence against women among Cabo Verde´s newspapers. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 18, n. 2, p. 215–228, 2012. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/35806. Acesso em: 9 aug. 2026.

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