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Critical Transformation in Higher Education: Ethical Reflections on #Mustfall Movements and Concomitant Gender-Based Violence

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Du Preez, Petro
Simmonds, Shan Robyn
Chetty, Desiree John

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Higher Education South Africa (HESA)

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Protest movements such as the #MustFall currently dominate the South African higher education landscape. This article focuses on such protest movements, paying particular attention to protests against gender-based violations at some universities, commonly referred to as #RapeMustFall, as an exemplar of the gender injustices and inequities that persist. We argue that debates and policies about gender-based violations at universities cannot and should not be overshadowed by deficient grand narratives informed by patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism. To frame this argument, we critically review the current status quo from a gender mainstreaming policy-making perspective. We then argue the merits of an ethical perspective to transformation in higher education. Critical transformation in higher education requires not only epistemological change and access, but should be a fundamentally ethical pursuit.

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Du Preez, P. et al. 2017. Critical transformation in higher education: ethical reflections on #Mustfall Movements and Concomitant Gender-Based Violence. South African Journal of Higher Education, 31(6):96-112. [https://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-c47a316f3]

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