Dawn Cavanagh
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Dawn Cavanagh is an activist, feminist, and freelancer working on social justice projects and development in local communities and in regional and international spaces.
Career
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 is currently[when?] studying for a master's degree in development studies from the University of Natal. Cavanagh has worked for the Forum for the Empowerment of Women, the first black lesbian rights organization in South Africa, and Oxfam.[1]
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.[2] She helped to found the Coalition of African Lesbians in 2004 and became director in 2010. Cavanagh set up the Masakhane (Zulu for "Come, let's get stronger together") programme with the German LSVD to provide better networking and empowerment to lesbian, bisexual and trans women in sub-Saharan Africa.[3]
References
- ^ "Patricia Dawn Cavanagh - UN-NGLS". United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Celebrating queer voices". City Press. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Wie Lesben weltweit sichtbar werden. Vorbild Masakhane Projekt". LSVD (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2017.