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Zimbabwean feminist activist

Everjoice Win (born 12 February 1965) is a Zimbabwean feminist activist, and the international head of Action Aid International.

Early life

Everjoice Win was born on 12 February 1965 in Shurugwi, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In 1988, she earned a bachelor's degree in economic history from the University of Zimbabwe.

Career

From 1989 to 1993, Win worked for Women's Action Group.

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.

From 1993 to 1997, Win was programme director for the Zimbabwe chapter of Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF). In 1997, she was one of the founding members of the National Constitutional Assembly of Zimbabwe.

From 2002 to 2003, Win was the spokesperson for the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition.

From 2004 to 2007, Win was a board member of the Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID), in Toronto, Canada.

Win is the international head/ international director of programmes and global engagement for ActionAid International since 2002. She is the International Programmes Director at ActionAid.

Personal life

Win is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Publications

  • To Live a Better Life: An Oral History of Women in the City of Harare, 1930-70 (Baobab Books, 1992)

References

  1. Win, Everjoice. "At the centre of the future". mg.co.za. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Everjoice Win - Who's Who SA". whoswho.co.za. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Win, Everjoice - Oxford Reference". oxfordreference.com. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-2135. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Everjoice Win". The Con. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. "Everjoice Win". irinnews.org. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. "Everjoice Win". ActionAid UK. Retrieved 22 March 2018.


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