Everjoice Win (born 12 February 1965) is a

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an feminist activist, and the international head of Action Aid International.

Early life

Everjoice Win was born on 12 February 1965 in

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, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In 1988, she earned a bachelor's degree in economic history from the

University of Zimbabwe The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is a public university in Harare, Zimbabwe. It opened in 1952 as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, and was initially affiliated with the University of London. It was later renamed the University ...

Career

From 1989 to 1993, Win worked for

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. 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 A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as " women's rights" to denote female humans rega ...

(WiLDAF). In 1997, she was one of the founding members of the

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. From 2002 to 2003, Win was the spokesperson for the

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. From 2004 to 2007, Win was a board member of the

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(AWID), in

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, Canada. Win is the international head/ international director of programmes and global engagement for

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since 2002. She is the International Programmes Director at ActionAid.

Personal life

Win is based in

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, South Africa.

Publications

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

References

Living people Zimbabwean women activists Zimbabwean feminists 1965 births University of Zimbabwe alumni Zimbabwean writers {{Zimbabwe-writer-stub