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The presentation by Maria C Borg is based on her research for a Masters' Degree in Sociology, within the Department of Sociology at the University of Malta. It seeks to inform about and discuss the activism by organised women in Malta. As part of the Malta Sociological Association campaign for the 16 days of activism, it seeks to shed light on the way women organise and activate using front stage and behind the scenes tactics to end violence against women. It reflects on findings from a study involving 52 women’s organisations in Malta earlier this year, drawing on the sociological understanding of civil society as a relation, as theorised by the works of Jessop, Edwards and Diani. Activism is hereby presented as a result of the connections and disconnections of women’s organisations within the voluntary sector and with institutional actors.