Everjoice Win
Everjoice Win (12 February 1965 - 9 March 2025) was a Zimbabwean feminist activist,[1][2][3] and the international programmes director of ActionAid International.
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Early life
[edit]Everjoice Win was born on 12 February 1965 in Shurugwi, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).[4][5][6] In 1988, she earned a bachelor's degree in economic history from the University of Zimbabwe.[4][5][6]
Career
[edit]From 1989 to 1993, Win worked for Women's Action Group.[5][7]
In 1992, together with Terri Barnes, Win published To Live a Better Life: An Oral History of Women in the City of Harare, 1930-70.[4]
From 1993 to 1997, Win was programme director for the Zimbabwe chapter of Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF).[4] In 1997, she was one of the founding members of the National Constitutional Assembly of Zimbabwe.[4]
From 2002 to 2003, Win was the spokesperson for the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition. [4][5]
From 2004 to 2007, Win was a board member of the Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID), in Toronto, Canada.[4][5]
Win was the international head/ international director of programmes and global engagement for ActionAid International since 2002.[5][8] She was the International Programmes Director at ActionAid.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Win was based in Johannesburg, South Africa.[7]
Publications
[edit]- To Live a Better Life: An Oral History of Women in the City of Harare, 1930-70 (Baobab Books, 1992)
References
[edit]- ^ Win, Everjoice. "At the centre of the future". mg.co.za. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Mugugunyeki, Moses. "Condolences messages pour in for women rights activist Everjoice Win". NewsDay. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Renowned feminist Everjoice Win dies – DailyNews". dailynews.co.zw. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Everjoice Win - Who's Who SA". whoswho.co.za. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Win, Everjoice - Oxford Reference". oxfordreference.com. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-2135. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Everjoice Win". The Con. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Everjoice Win". irinnews.org. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ "Everjoice Win". ActionAid UK. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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