
Social Entrepreneur, Gender & Diversity Advocate,
Kate Brim
the founder and director of Sparrow Society, an international empowerment brand that focuses on creating viable economic opportunities for women in a range of industries in order to subversively shift mindsets around the value of women and girls, thus shifting the power differentials that increase gender-based violence and other social inequalities. She leads both from her own experience of abuse as well as over 10 years experience working alongside other Survivors in their own fight for freedom. She was a finalist in the 2022 Santam Women of the Future Awards, awarded the Elizabeth Arden Community Hero Award, has been a speaker at TEDx, the JD Baqwa Leadership Conference and was a panel speaker at the Expert Symposium on Social Justice, Hunger and the Constitution: A project of the Centre for Social Justice at Stellenbosch University (CSJ) with Thuli Madonsela. She has also represented Sparrow Society when featured on the Expresso Show, Afternoon Express and several radio and magazine features.