This report documents the proceedings of the International Conference, ‘Confronting Violence: Recounting Resistance, Envisioning Justice’, held in New Delhi between 17th and 19th March, 2004. The issues examined at the conference included patriarchy, sexuality, masculinity and militarism; woman’s body and body politic, stereotyped projection of women in media and collective response of the women’s movement to counter the subtle and not so subtle trends of violence against women.