The Rebecca Dykes Writers Scholarship has been established in memory of Rebecca ‘Becky’ Dykes by her mother, Jane Houng. This scholarship provides funds to support a storyteller impacted by femicide.

Thirty-year-old Rebecca Dykes was raped and strangled by a taxi driver in December 2017. She was a humanitarian, working for disadvantaged locals and refugees at the British Embassy in Lebanon. Jane Houng, Becky’s mother, now dedicates her life to raising awareness about gender-based violence, donating Becky’s Button, a personal panic alarm, to vulnerable women, and speaking with young men and women at universities around the world.

Jane has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has published over seven children’s books. The Rebecca Dykes Foundation, an organization aimed at ending femicide one word at a time, is managed by Jane’s cohort who attract first-rate faculty. Further details about the organization and their programming can be found at www.rebeccadykeswriters.org. 

Get more information about the scholarship process and apply here.