摘要：We are pleased to present this special monographic number of Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences dedicatedto gender-based violence and social exclusion. It is widely recognized that within the general landscape of exclusionwoman is possibly the least visible manifestation of this phenomenon and perhaps the one affected by the worst lacks.Indeed, women constitute the clearest exponent of the results of processes of social exclusion. However, the topic ofgender has been an area barely touched upon in social research into exclusion. For this reason, we wish to contributeto filling this vacuum, always hard to approach. On these lines, the main aim we hope to achieve with this volume isto present materials for debate, analysis and intervention upon the current research dynamics affecting women andtheir links with social exclusion and gender-based violence. We attempt to make plain not just the representations ofthe women involved themselves, but also the changes noted in the response capacity of social services, professionaland research activities. The questions handled, analysed, considered as problems, and critiqued in the chapterscomposing this volume refer to a number of aspects. Among these, there is the question of how these women and theirfamilies relate to their surroundings and to social arrangements.
