About the event
The Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) is hosting a project led by Dr Adrija Dey on Decolonising sexual and gender-based violence in Higher Education. This hybrid event marks the official launch of this 4-year project focused on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Higher Education (HE) – a widespread, pressing global problem that requires urgent attention and collective action so that it can be more effectively addressed in Universities and other HE institutions.
The Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) is based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Westminster. The Centre undertakes research across a range of critical social and political challenges, promoting an interdisciplinary environment.
The key aim of the project is to develop a survivor-centred, intersectional, decolonial and abolitionist theory and approach to prevent and better respond to SGBV in HE. We will do this by bringing together insights and experiences from survivors, activists, academics, and policy makers in the Global South, coupled with a strong focus on developing prevention strategies and building culture change in HE institutions.
In developing new theory and approaches, the project aims to decolonise our dominant knowledges and understandings of SGBV in HE. This entails critically questioning the standpoint and perspective from which our information about SGBV comes from, as well as regarding how universities understand and deal with it. Crucially, it also means engaging with learning from institutional practices and feminist struggles in the Global South and applying these to how we address SGBV in HE worldwide. For this reason, this project will prioritise the mobilisation and amplification of scholarship and activisms from the Global South.
The event will feature a unique theatrical performance along with a panel of speakers active in this field – more details soon to be announced!
We would be delighted if you could join us to celebrate the launch of this important project, as we begin to make connections and start what we hope will be ongoing, productive conversations among our colleagues and partners working in this space.
How to register
The event is open to all the students and colleagues of University of Westminster as well as members of public. Survivors, academics, activists, and practitioners working in the area of sexual and gender-based violence in HE are warmly invited to attend either in person or online.
Registration is free but compulsory via Eventbrite.
