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{{Infobox person
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| name = Dawn Cavanagh
{{Notability|1=Biographies|date=May 2022}}
| birth_date = 23 March 1962
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| birth_place = Westwood

| nationality = [[South Africa]]
| citizenship =
| education = Fairvale Senior Secondary School
[[University of Natal]]
[[University of South Africa]]
Emerson High School
| known_for = [[Activist]]
| spouse = Brian Cavanagh
| relatives = Danette Voorhis
Donna Patton
Debbie DuVall
Daniel Marone, Jr
}}
}}
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'''Dawn Cavanagh''' is a [[South Africa|South African]] [[Activism|activist]] and [[Feminism|feminist]].
'''Dawn Cavanagh''' (23 March 1962) is a [[South Africa|South African]] [[Activism|activist]], [[writer]] and [[Feminism|feminist]].<ref name="unngls" />


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Dawn 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.<ref name-unngls/>
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.<ref name=unngls>{{cite web|title=Patricia Dawn Cavanagh - UN-NGLS|url=https://www.unngls.org/IMG/docx/DAWN_CAVANAGH.docx|publisher=United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Cavanagh has been active in [[South Africa]] in the fields of equal access to healthcare, [[HIV/AIDS]] activism, [[women's rights]], [[Sexual and reproductive health and rights|sexual rights]] and [[reproductive rights]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrating queer voices|url=http://city-press.news24.com/Trending/celebrating-queer-voices-20151111|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=City Press|date=16 November 2015|language=en}}</ref> She has worked on [[social justice]] projects and development in local communities and in regional and international spaces.<ref name="cooper">{{cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=Meghan |title=Preventing the gendered reproduction of citizenship: the role of social movements in South Africa |journal=Gender & Development |date=November 2011 |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=357–370 |doi=10.1080/13552074.2011.625634 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41306010 |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>
Cavanagh has worked for the [[Forum for the Empowerment of Women]], the first black lesbian rights organization in South Africa, and [[Oxfam]].<ref name-unngls>{{cite web|title=Patricia Dawn Cavanagh - UN-NGLS|url=https://www.unngls.org/IMG/docx/DAWN_CAVANAGH.docx|publisher=United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


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In 2004, she worked for the [[Forum for the Empowerment of Women]]<ref name=":0">[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]</ref> and [[Coalition of African Lesbians]],<ref name=":1" /> the first Black lesbian rights organization in South Africa. She also worked for Oxfam<ref>[https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/604026/cs-oxfam-history-south-africa-010216-en.pdf;jsessionid=827827303C32514C3032487E5966E85C?sequence=1 Oxfam Library website]</ref> as well as the [[Civil Rights Defenders]], [[Akina Mama wa Afrika]] and the Women's Leadership Centre in [[Namibia]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://crd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DD-Agenda-Web.pdf |title=Defenders' Days 2022 Agenda |date=October 2022 |publisher=Civil Rights Defenders |pages=8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2019 |title=Re-orienting and strengthening the journey of feminist and transformational leadership at the African Women's Leadership Institute |url=https://www.akinamamawaafrika.org/re-orienting-and-strengthening-the-journey-of-feminist-and-transformational-leadership-at-the-african-womens-leadership-institute/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Akina Mama wa Afrika |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesbian empowerment programme - Women's Leadership Centre |url=https://www.wlc-namibia.org/projects/lesbian-empowerment-programme |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.wlc-namibia.org}}</ref>
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Cavanagh is active in [[South Africa]] in the fields of equal access to healthcare, [[HIV/AIDS]] activism, [[women's rights]], sexual rights, and [[reproductive rights]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrating queer voices|url=http://city-press.news24.com/Trending/celebrating-queer-voices-20151111|accessdate=29 November 2017|work=City Press|date=16 November 2015|language=en}}</ref> She helped to found the [[Coalition of African Lesbians]] in 2004<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-07 |title=10 vozes femininas poderosas na luta por direitos iguais pelo mundo |url=https://claudia.abril.com.br/noticias/mulheres-a-frente-da-luta-por-direitos-iguais/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=CLAUDIA |language=pt-BR}}</ref> and became director in 2010. In 2014 Cavanagh set up the Masakhane ([[Zulu language|Zulu]] for "Come, let's get stronger together") programme with the German [[LSVD]] to provide better networking and empowerment to [[lesbian]], [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] and [[Trans woman|transgender women]] in [[sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.partner-religion-development.org/fileadmin/Dateien/Resources/Knowledge_Center/BMZ__2016__More_than_anything.pdf |title=More than anything: The contribution of religious communities and human rights organisations to sustainable development |date=February 2016 |publisher=Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wie Lesben weltweit sichtbar werden. Vorbild Masakhane Projekt|url=http://www.lsvd-blog.de/?p=10818|accessdate=28 November 2017|work=LSVD|language=de-DE}}</ref>


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She helped found the [[Coalition of African Lesbians]] in 2004<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2018-03-07 |title=10 vozes femininas poderosas na luta por direitos iguais pelo mundo |url=https://claudia.abril.com.br/noticias/mulheres-a-frente-da-luta-por-direitos-iguais/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=CLAUDIA |language=pt-BR}}</ref> and became its director in 2010. In 2014, Cavanagh set up the Masakhane programme ([[Zulu language|Zulu]] for "Come, let's get stronger together") with the German [[LSVD]] to provide better networking and empowerment to [[lesbian]], [[Bisexuality|bisexual]] and [[Trans woman|transgender women]] in [[sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.partner-religion-development.org/fileadmin/Dateien/Resources/Knowledge_Center/BMZ__2016__More_than_anything.pdf |title=More than anything: The contribution of religious communities and human rights organisations to sustainable development |date=February 2016 |publisher=Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wie Lesben weltweit sichtbar werden. Vorbild Masakhane Projekt|url=http://www.lsvd-blog.de/?p=10818|accessdate=28 November 2017|work=LSVD|language=de-DE}}</ref>
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She has led trainings at [[Civil Rights Defenders]]' Defenders' Days, for [[Akina Mama wa Afrika]]'s African Women’s Leadership Institute, and for the Women's Leadership Centre in [[Namibia]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://crd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DD-Agenda-Web.pdf |title=Defenders' Days 2022 Agenda |date=October 2022 |publisher=Civil Rights Defenders |pages=8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2019 |title=Re-orienting and strengthening the journey of feminist and transformational leadership at the African Women’s Leadership Institute |url=https://www.akinamamawaafrika.org/re-orienting-and-strengthening-the-journey-of-feminist-and-transformational-leadership-at-the-african-womens-leadership-institute/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Akina Mama wa Afrika |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lesbian empowerment programme - Women's Leadership Centre |url=https://www.wlc-namibia.org/projects/lesbian-empowerment-programme |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=www.wlc-namibia.org}}</ref>


Cavanagh has also worked with and been promoted by [[Association for Women's Rights in Development|AWID]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 July 2012 |title=Ongoing Dilemmas: Religion, Fundamentalisms and Human Rights panel session - 12th AWID Forum |url=https://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/ongoing-dilemmas-religion-fundamentalisms-and-human-rights-panel-session-12th |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=AWID}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-20 |title=The Right To Autonomy Over Our Bodies And Loves: The Resolution On Human Rights, Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Furthers Dialogue |url=https://sxpolitics.org/around-the-web-148/9908 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Sexuality Policy Watch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marler |first=Isabel |date=26 September 2016 |title=12 Activists Who Will Make You Hopeful For Feminist Futures |url=https://wunrn.com/2016/09/12-activists-who-will-make-you-hopeful-for-feminist-futures/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=WUNRN |language=en-US}}</ref>
Cavanagh also worked with [[Association for Women's Rights in Development|AWID]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 July 2012 |title=Ongoing Dilemmas: Religion, Fundamentalisms and Human Rights panel session - 12th AWID Forum |url=https://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/ongoing-dilemmas-religion-fundamentalisms-and-human-rights-panel-session-12th |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=AWID}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-10-20 |title=The Right To Autonomy Over Our Bodies And Loves: The Resolution On Human Rights, Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Furthers Dialogue |url=https://sxpolitics.org/around-the-web-148/9908 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Sexuality Policy Watch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marler |first=Isabel |date=26 September 2016 |title=12 Activists Who Will Make You Hopeful For Feminist Futures |url=https://wunrn.com/2016/09/12-activists-who-will-make-you-hopeful-for-feminist-futures/ |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=WUNRN |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Publications ==
== Publications ==


* "Losing the Beijing Agenda in the Sea of 'New Solutions' to HIV and AIDS" (2005), in ''Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cavanagh |first=Dawn |date=2005 |title=Losing the Beijing Agenda in the Sea of 'New Solutions' to HIV and AIDS |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4066563 |journal=Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity |issue=64 |pages=17–20 |issn=1013-0950}}</ref>
* ''Losing the Beijing Agenda in the Sea of 'New Solutions' to HIV and AIDS" (2005), in ''Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cavanagh |first=Dawn |date=2005 |title=Losing the Beijing Agenda in the Sea of 'New Solutions' to HIV and AIDS |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4066563 |journal=Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity |issue=64 |pages=17–20 |jstor=4066563 |issn=1013-0950}}</ref>
* ''The OTHER REFLECT: Five Years of Building a Community Foundation with LGBTIQ people in Southern Africa'' External Review (2019) (with Hope Chigudu)<ref>[http://theotherfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SUMMARY-EXTERNAL-REVIEW-REPORT-THE-OTHER-FOUNDATION.pdf The Other Foundation website]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 24 September 2024

Dawn Cavanagh
Born23 March 1962
Westwood
NationalitySouth Africa
EducationFairvale Senior Secondary School

University of Natal University of South Africa

Emerson High School
Known forActivist
SpouseBrian Cavanagh
RelativesDanette Voorhis

Donna Patton Debbie DuVall

Daniel Marone, Jr

Dawn Cavanagh (23 March 1962) is a South African activist, writer and feminist.[1]

Early life and education

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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

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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]

Publications

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  • Losing the Beijing Agenda in the Sea of 'New Solutions' to HIV and AIDS" (2005), in Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity.[15]
  • The OTHER REFLECT: Five Years of Building a Community Foundation with LGBTIQ people in Southern Africa External Review (2019) (with Hope Chigudu)[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Patricia Dawn Cavanagh - UN-NGLS". United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Celebrating queer voices". City Press. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. ^ Cooper, Meghan (November 2011). "Preventing the gendered reproduction of citizenship: the role of social movements in South Africa". Gender & Development. 19 (3): 357–370. doi:10.1080/13552074.2011.625634. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ Association for Women’s Rights in Development website
  5. ^ a b "10 vozes femininas poderosas na luta por direitos iguais pelo mundo". CLAUDIA (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. ^ Oxfam Library website
  7. ^ Defenders' Days 2022 Agenda (PDF). Civil Rights Defenders. October 2022. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Re-orienting and strengthening the journey of feminist and transformational leadership at the African Women's Leadership Institute". Akina Mama wa Afrika. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Lesbian empowerment programme - Women's Leadership Centre". www.wlc-namibia.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  10. ^ More than anything: The contribution of religious communities and human rights organisations to sustainable development (PDF). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. February 2016.
  11. ^ "Wie Lesben weltweit sichtbar werden. Vorbild Masakhane Projekt". LSVD (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Ongoing Dilemmas: Religion, Fundamentalisms and Human Rights panel session - 12th AWID Forum". AWID. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  13. ^ "The Right To Autonomy Over Our Bodies And Loves: The Resolution On Human Rights, Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity Furthers Dialogue". Sexuality Policy Watch. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  14. ^ Marler, Isabel (26 September 2016). "12 Activists Who Will Make You Hopeful For Feminist Futures". WUNRN. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  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. ISSN 1013-0950. JSTOR 4066563.
  16. ^ The Other Foundation website
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