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Cati Vawda, Advisory Board Member
Cati Vawda is the Director of the Children’s Rights Centre (CRC) in Durban, South Africa. CRC was founded 1988 in response to the visible violation of children under the government’s State of Emergency. CRC’s early work centered around encouraging international advocacy for children’s rights in South Africa. Ms. Vawda joined the organization in 1990 with the aim of addressing a significant question: How do you make children’s rights real and understandable for children? CRC now works to build a child-friendly society. Their activities aim to ensure access to quality education and safe play spaces, and to promote child participation in decision-making and child-friendly local government. CRC also works to monitor the situation of children and children’s rights in South Africa, both individually and nationally. Under Ms. Vawda’s leadership, CRC has also built and supported networks, focused on linking organizations within a broader movement for children, increasingly, assisted with programs to ensure access to ARVs.

Ms. Vawda participated as a Visiting Scholar in Firelight’s Advisory Board meeting in March 2005.

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