Dawn Cavanagh
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Dawn Cavanagh is a South African activist and feminist.
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 is currently[when?] studying for a master's degree in development studies from the University of Natal.
Career
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[3] and became director in 2010. In 2014 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 transgender women in sub-Saharan Africa.[4][5]
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.[6][7][8]
Cavanagh has also worked with and been promoted by AWID.[9][10][11]
Publications
- "Losing the Beijing Agenda in the Sea of 'New Solutions' to HIV and AIDS" (2005), in Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity.[12]
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.
- ^ "10 vozes femininas poderosas na luta por direitos iguais pelo mundo". CLAUDIA (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ More than anything: The contribution of religious communties and human rights organisations to sustainable development (PDF). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. February 2016.
- ^ "Wie Lesben weltweit sichtbar werden. Vorbild Masakhane Projekt". LSVD (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ Defenders' Days 2022 Agenda (PDF). Civil Rights Defenders. October 2022. p. 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.
- ^ "Lesbian empowerment programme - Women's Leadership Centre". www.wlc-namibia.org. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Ongoing Dilemmas: Religion, Fundamentalisms and Human Rights panel session - 12th AWID Forum". AWID. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Marler, Isabel (26 September 2016). "12 Activists Who Will Make You Hopeful For Feminist Futures". WUNRN. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ 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.