Dawn Cavanagh | |
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Born | 23 March 1962 Westwood |
Nationality | South Africa |
Education | Fairvale Senior Secondary School Emerson High School |
Known for | Activist |
Spouse | Brian Cavanagh |
Relatives | Danette Voorhis
Donna Patton Debbie DuVall Daniel Marone, Jr |
Dawn Cavanagh (23 March 1962) is a South African activist, writer and feminist. [1]
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]
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, [5] the first Black lesbian rights organization in South Africa. She also worked for Oxfam [6] as well as the Civil Rights Defenders, Akina Mama wa Afrika and the Women's Leadership Centre in Namibia. [7] [8] [9]
She helped found the Coalition of African Lesbians in 2004 [5] 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]
Dawn Cavanagh | |
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Born | 23 March 1962 Westwood |
Nationality | South Africa |
Education | Fairvale Senior Secondary School Emerson High School |
Known for | Activist |
Spouse | Brian Cavanagh |
Relatives | Danette Voorhis
Donna Patton Debbie DuVall Daniel Marone, Jr |
Dawn Cavanagh (23 March 1962) is a South African activist, writer and feminist. [1]
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]
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, [5] the first Black lesbian rights organization in South Africa. She also worked for Oxfam [6] as well as the Civil Rights Defenders, Akina Mama wa Afrika and the Women's Leadership Centre in Namibia. [7] [8] [9]
She helped found the Coalition of African Lesbians in 2004 [5] 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]