1. The sexual politics of gendered violence and women's citizenship; Introduction; Sexual politics; Citizenship; Combined capabilities; Outline of the book; 2. Problems of citizenship, violence and gender; Introduction; Citizenship; Gender and sexual politics; Citizenship and gender; Public and private citizens; The body of the citizen; Violence, the state and citizenship; Citizenship, sexual politics and ignorance

3. Challenges of researching gendered violenceIntroduction; Conducting and participating in gendered violence research; Doing the research; 4. Living the connected effects of violence; Introduction; Capabilities and interconnected domains; Housing; Work (and education); Mental health and emotional wellbeing; Social participation; Eroding women's citizenship; 5. Gendered violence and the self; Introduction; Looking beyond the individual woman; Coercive control, sexual politics and mental health; IPV as an assault on selfhood; Women's health care and the politics of ignorance

Capabilities, mental health and the state: the ripple effect6. Re-engaging lives; Introduction; Social participation and citizenship; IPV and social participation; Coercive control and social participation; Rebuilding connections: spaces for action after IPV; 7. Campaigns for women's freedom from violence; Introduction; How violence becomes a problem; What are the solutions?; Calling on the state; Feminist activism diversifies; Varied tactics; A public health issue?; Why feminist activism continues; 8. Transforming sexual politics; References; Index