Lucinda Evans


Lucinda Evans is a South African women's rights activist. She is known for having led nationwide marches and was one of the speakers at the #AmINext protest outside South Africa's parliament calling for government action against gender-based violence and femicide.

Early years

Evans was born in District Six, Cape Town, and moved to Lavender Hill when she was five years old. At age nine, she decided to work in community development, and began working for Red Cross Hospital in the early years of her life. She is known to have also done some community work in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Beaufort West, where she played a pivotal role in opening the first ambulance service.
Evans was formerly the cluster chairperson of the Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum.

Philanthropy

In 2008, Evans founded a non-profit organisation called Philisa Abafazi Bethu which translated from Xhosa means healing our women. The organisation, which is based in Lavender Hill, supports women who are victims of domestic violence. She started gaining recognition for her work in 2012 and that was when she received funding from the World Childhood Foundation. In 2017, through her organisation, she assisted the family of the murdered 13-year-old Rene Roman, by providing them with emotional support and helping them in searching for their daughter.

Awards and recognition