Introduction: Politics, violence and gender / Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg -- Gender and political violence in peace and conflict research / Louise Olsson -- Violence against women in politics / Mona Lena Krook -- Conflict-related sexual violence against men / Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern -- Locating politics and gender within the violent act / Jennifer M. Piscopo and Elin Bjarnegård -- Physical violence / Roudabeh Kishi -- Psychological violence / Pär Zetterberg and Elin Bjarnegård -- Sexual violence / Anne-Kathrin Kreft and Robert U. Nagel -- Online violence / Eleonora Esposito -- Electoral violence targeting voters in Papua New Guinea / Nicole Haley and Kerryn Baker -- Election violence in Uganda / Paige Schneider -- Harassment and intimidation of Parliamentary candidates in the United Kingdom / Sofia Collignon -- Physical and psychological violence among U.S. mayors and state senators / Sue Thomas and Rebekah Herrick -- Violence against Swedish local level politicians / Sandra Håkansson -- Intersectional online violence against women in politics in Israel / Rebecca Kuperberg -- Normative foundation for ending violence against women in politics / Julie Ballington and Gabriella Borovsky -- Policy responses to gender-based political violence online / Gabrielle Bardall -- Responses to conflict-related sexual violence / Robert Nagel and Anne-Kathrin Kreft -- Measures to address violence against women in politics in Bolivia and Mexico / Juliana Restrepo Sanín -- Evaluating violence and sexual harassment rules in Canada's House of Commons / Tracey Raney and Cheryl N. Collier -- Conclusion and ways forward / Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg -- Appendix: Model tables for Chapter