Dawn Cavanagh Explained

Dawn Cavanagh
Birth Date:23 March 1962
Birth Place:Westwood
Nationality:South Africa
Education:Fairvale Senior Secondary SchoolUniversity of Natal University of South AfricaEmerson High School
Known For:Activist
Spouse:Brian Cavanagh
Relatives:Danette VoorhisDonna PattonDebbie DuVallDaniel Marone, Jr

Dawn Cavanagh (23 March 1962) is a South African activist, writer and feminist.

Early life and education

Cavanagh was born on 23 March 1962. She attended Fairvale Senior Secondary School in Wentworth, KwaZulu-Natal, and graduated from the University of Natal with a Bachelor of Science degree in social work in 1982. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work from the University of South Africa in 1996 and studied for a master's degree in development studies from the University of Natal.[1]

Career

Cavanagh has been active in South Africa in the fields of equal access to healthcare, HIV/AIDS activism, women's rights, sexual rights and reproductive rights.[2] She has worked on social justice projects and development in local communities and in regional and international spaces.[3]

In 2004, she worked for the Forum for the Empowerment of Women[4] and Coalition of African Lesbians, the first Black lesbian rights organization in South Africa. She also worked for Oxfam[5] as well as the Civil Rights Defenders, Akina Mama wa Afrika and the Women's Leadership Centre in Namibia.[6] [7] [8]

She helped found the Coalition of African Lesbians in 2004[9] and became its director in 2010. In 2014, Cavanagh set up the Masakhane programme (Zulu for "Come, let's get stronger together") with the German LSVD to provide better networking and empowerment to lesbian, bisexual and transgender women in sub-Saharan Africa.[10] [11]

Cavanagh also worked with AWID.[12] [13] [14]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patricia Dawn Cavanagh - UN-NGLS. United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service.
  2. News: Celebrating queer voices. 29 November 2017. City Press. 16 November 2015. en.
  3. Cooper . Meghan . Preventing the gendered reproduction of citizenship: the role of social movements in South Africa . Gender & Development . November 2011 . 19 . 3 . 357–370 . 10.1080/13552074.2011.625634 . 10 June 2024.
  4. https://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/changing_their_world_-_the_one_in_nine_campaign_south_africa.pdf Association for Women’s Rights in Development website
  5. https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/604026/cs-oxfam-history-south-africa-010216-en.pdf;jsessionid=827827303C32514C3032487E5966E85C?sequence=1 Oxfam Library website
  6. Book: Defenders' Days 2022 Agenda . October 2022 . Civil Rights Defenders . 8 . en.
  7. Web site: 22 April 2019 . Re-orienting and strengthening the journey of feminist and transformational leadership at the African Women's Leadership Institute . 2023-01-06 . Akina Mama wa Afrika . en-US.
  8. Web site: Lesbian empowerment programme - Women's Leadership Centre . 2023-01-06 . www.wlc-namibia.org.
  9. Web site: 2018-03-07 . 10 vozes femininas poderosas na luta por direitos iguais pelo mundo . 2023-01-06 . CLAUDIA . pt-BR.
  10. Book: More than anything: The contribution of religious communities and human rights organisations to sustainable development . February 2016 . Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH . en.
  11. News: Wie Lesben weltweit sichtbar werden. Vorbild Masakhane Projekt. 28 November 2017. LSVD. de-DE.
  12. Web site: 12 July 2012 . Ongoing Dilemmas: Religion, Fundamentalisms and Human Rights panel session - 12th AWID Forum . 2023-01-06 . AWID.
  13. Web site: 2014-10-20 . The Right To Autonomy Over Our Bodies And Loves: The Resolution On Human Rights, Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Furthers Dialogue . 2023-01-06 . Sexuality Policy Watch . en-US.
  14. Web site: Marler . Isabel . 26 September 2016 . 12 Activists Who Will Make You Hopeful For Feminist Futures . 2023-01-06 . WUNRN . en-US.
  15. Cavanagh . Dawn . 2005 . Losing the Beijing Agenda in the Sea of 'New Solutions' to HIV and AIDS . Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity . 64 . 17–20 . 4066563 . 1013-0950.
  16. http://theotherfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SUMMARY-EXTERNAL-REVIEW-REPORT-THE-OTHER-FOUNDATION.pdf The Other Foundation website

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