Universities as sites of Activism and Protection Symposium

Brought to you by the University of The Western Cape: Politics and Urban Governance Research Group (PUG) and the UNESCO Chair in the Protection of Human Rights and Expansion of Political Space in partnership with the Open Society Foundations and the African Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD Initiative) hosted a symposium is based on the premise that protecting universities is a crucial element of protecting democracy. Moreover, in the current context, universities could do more in an outward-facing capacity to secure these objectives.