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'{{Infobox person | name = Dawn Cavanagh | birth_date = 23 March 1962 | birth_place = Westwood | death_date = January 7, 2011 | nationality = [[South Africa]] | citizenship = [[Westwood]] | 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 }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Dawn Cavanagh''' was (born 23 March 1962). He is a [[South Africa|South African]] [[Activism|activist]], [[writer]], and [[Feminism|feminist]].<ref name="unngls" /> == Early life and education == Dawn Cavanagh was born on March 23, 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 == Cavanagh is 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 works on [[social justice]] projects and development in local communities and in regional and international spaces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South African women's rights activists - FamousFix.com list |url=https://www.famousfix.com/list/south-african-womens-rights-activists |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=FamousFix.com}}</ref> In 2004 She has 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|Coalition of Africa n Lesbians]].<ref name=":1" /> The first Black lesbian rights organization in South Africa. She has 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 at 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> She helped to 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> 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> == Death == Dawn Cavanagh passed away on January 7, 2011, at the age of 43.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary information for Dawn Cavanagh |url=https://www.edwardsfuneralchapel.com/obituaries/Dawn-Cavanagh?obId=25505829 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.edwardsfuneralchapel.com}}</ref> == 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> * ''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 == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavanagh, Dawn}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:South African feminists]] [[Category:South African women's rights activists]] [[Category:Lesbian feminists]] [[Category:South African lesbians]] [[Category:South African LGBT rights activists]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:21st-century South African LGBT people]]'