Dawn Cavanagh

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, Wentworth, KwaZulu-Natal and graduated from the University of Natal with a bachelor of science degre 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 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 organisation 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]

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gollark: Well, that makes some sense too, it seems to be sticking roughly to the idea that it's humanoid and has a cell.
gollark: Maybe it helps if it has more of the SCP format there.
gollark: Those first sentences in the special containment procedures actually made sense!
gollark: It produces```Item #: SCP-055Object Class: KeterSpecial Containment Procedures: Any associated documentary material related to SCP-055 is to be preserved in a separate, secure facility in Zeta-4.No Foundation personnel are permitted to enter the facility except as a part of testing, if at all. No photos of SCP-055 are to be taken by any Foundation staff unless specifically requested by site commander.Description: SCP-055 is a wealthy American corporate tycoon, who has purportedly been making many fantastical claims concerning the whereabouts and abilities of a magical local and international repository of occult artifacts and knowledge. The Archive of Lights claims to hold "over 40 million original, source photographed images, books, articles, patents, letters and other```

References
  1. "Patricia Dawn Cavanagh - UN-NGLS". United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service.
  2. "Celebrating queer voices". City Press. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. "Wie Lesben weltweit sichtbar werden. Vorbild Masakhane Projekt". LSVD (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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