Since 2022, Nunes has been studying gender disparities ingrained by the colonial past. For research she resided several times in Santana, a fishing village on São Tomé.

The processes of colonisation constituted asymmetries in social relationships and configured gender as an expression of inequality and concentration of power. Even after independence the echoes of colonization still permeates relationships and manifest itself in violence and inequalities, which in São Tomé are expressed in the authority given to men. Nunes was particularly struck by the gendered nature of children's play. While Santomean boys typically play together, girls are expected to assist their mothers with domestic chores. To challenge the colonial heritage of gender and empower children through the act of play she facilitated a project, O mundo imaginário, aimed at promoting space for mixed-gender playing and learning. For the residential project, she collaborated with children from the village of Santana. This project was supported by SOMA, an organization fostering gender equality on the island.

In numerous drawings Nunes expresses the colonial heritage in the present reality of girls and women. In film, bronze and large scale oil paintings she composes an alternative (future)vision. She shows an installation of dreamlike visions of girls in typical boys activities, seemingly in their element. Minimalistic bronze figures and almost sketchy, monochromatic images that surface on large natural linen formats, as if appearing from a foggy future. The subdued film fragments and the simple compositions with the monochromatic girls, lend an esoteric dimension to her visions.