{{Short description|Zimbabwean feminist activist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Everjoice Win | other_names = EJ | birth_date = 12 February 1965 | birth_place = Shurugwi, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) | death_date = 9 March 2025 | death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | citizenship = Zimbabwean | occupation = Feminist activist; writer; development practitioner | known_for = Women's rights advocacy; leadership in ActionAid International | education = University of Zimbabwe (BA Hons Economic History) | employer = ActionAid International | title = International Programmes Director | years_active = 1989–2025 | organizations = Women's Action Group; WiLDAF; National Constitutional Assembly; Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition; AWID | notable_works = ''To Live a Better Life''; ''Beating Hunger, the Chivi Experience'' }} '''Everjoice Win''' (12 February 1965 - 9 March 2025), known as '''EJ''', was a Zimbabwean feminist activist,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2007-04-25-at-the-centre-of-future|title=At the centre of the future|first=Everjoice|last=Win|website=mg.co.za|access-date=8 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mugugunyeki |first=Moses |title=Condolences messages pour in for women rights activist Everjoice Win |url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200039350/condolences-messages-pour-in-for-women-rights-activist-everjoice-win |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=NewsDay |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Renowned feminist Everjoice Win dies – DailyNews |url=https://dailynews.co.zw/renowned-feminist-everjoice-win-dies/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=dailynews.co.zw}}</ref> and the international programmes director of ActionAid International.
thumb|Everjoice Win at the 4th Regional African Feminist Forum in Zimbabwe, 2016
==Early life== Everjoice Win was born on 12 February 1965 in Shurugwi, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).<ref name="Dictionary of African Biography">{{cite book|author1=Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.|author2=Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong|author3=Mr. Steven J. Niven|title=Dictionary of African Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA5-PA175|access-date=8 November 2017|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|page=175}}</ref><ref name="whoswho.co.za">{{cite web|url=http://whoswho.co.za/everjoice-win-5921|title=Everjoice Win - Who's Who SA|website=whoswho.co.za|access-date=8 November 2017|archive-date=13 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113234625/http://whoswho.co.za/everjoice-win-5921|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="oxfordreference.com">{{cite journal|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-2135|title=Win, Everjoice - Oxford Reference|website=oxfordreference.com|access-date=8 November 2017|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-2135}}</ref> In 1988, she earned a bachelor's degree in economic history from the University of Zimbabwe.<ref name="Dictionary of African Biography"/><ref name="whoswho.co.za"/><ref name="oxfordreference.com"/> She graduated with Honours in Economic History.<ref>{{cite web |title=Everjoice Win |url=https://africanfeministforum.com/everjoice-win/ |website=African Feminist Forum |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ms Everjoice Win |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/everjoice-win |website=SOAS University of London |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref> Win began her development career with the Women’s Action Group, a feminist organisation in Zimbabwe focusing on women’s legal and health rights, where she served as Editor of their popular education publication ''SPEAK OUT/TAURAI/KHULUMANI''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Everjoice Win |url=https://africanfeministforum.com/everjoice-win/ |website=African Feminist Forum |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Everjoice Win |url=https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Everjoice_Win |website=SourceWatch |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref> In the 1990s, she joined the Pan-African Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF), where she headed the Zimbabwe programme and helped African women’s rights organizations participate in international conferences including the Vienna Conference on Human Rights, the Copenhagen Social Summit, and the Beijing conference.<ref>{{cite web |title=Everjoice Win |url=https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Everjoice_Win |website=SourceWatch |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ms Everjoice Win |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/everjoice-win |website=SOAS University of London |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref>
==Career== From 1989 to 1993, Win worked for Women's Action Group.<ref name="whoswho.co.za"/><ref name="theconmag.co.za">{{cite web|url=http://www.theconmag.co.za/author/everjoice/|title=Everjoice Win|website=The Con|access-date=8 November 2017}}</ref>
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''.<ref name="Dictionary of African Biography"/>
From 1993 to 1997, Win was programme director for the Zimbabwe chapter of Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF).<ref name="Dictionary of African Biography"/> In 1997, she was one of the founding members of the National Constitutional Assembly of Zimbabwe.<ref name="Dictionary of African Biography"/>
From 2002 to 2003, Win was the spokesperson for the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition. <ref name="Dictionary of African Biography"/><ref name="whoswho.co.za"/>
From 2004 to 2007, Win was a board member of the Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID), in Toronto, Canada.<ref name="Dictionary of African Biography"/><ref name="whoswho.co.za"/>
Win was the international head/ international director of programmes and global engagement for ActionAid International since 2002.<ref name="whoswho.co.za"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irinnews.org/authors/everjoice-win|title=Everjoice Win|website=irinnews.org|access-date=8 November 2017}}</ref> She was the International Programmes Director at ActionAid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actionaid.org.uk/users/everjoice-win|title=Everjoice Win|website=ActionAid UK|language=en|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref>
==Personal life== Win was based in Johannesburg, South Africa.<ref name="theconmag.co.za"/> She was known professionally and personally as “EJ” among colleagues and in feminist movements globally.<ref>{{cite web |title=Everjoice Win |url=https://africanfeministforum.com/everjoice-win/ |website=African Feminist Forum |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Condolences messages pour in for women rights activist Everjoice Win |url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/local/article/200024891/condolences-messages-pour-in-for-women-rights-activist-everjoice-win |work=NewsDay |date=10 March 2025 |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref> Win was a writer, blogger, and active social media influencer who contributed to various print and online publications on women’s rights and social justice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Everjoice Win |url=https://africanfeministforum.com/everjoice-win/ |website=African Feminist Forum |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ms Everjoice Win |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/everjoice-win |website=SOAS University of London |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref> In 2020, she was appointed Professor of Practice – Women’s Rights by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ms Everjoice Win |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/everjoice-win |website=SOAS University of London |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Everjoice Win |url=https://www.bond.org.uk/people/everjoice-win |website=Bond |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref> She died on 9 March 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa, aged 60.<ref>{{cite news |title=Condolences messages pour in for women rights activist Everjoice Win |url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/southerneye/local/article/200024891/condolences-messages-pour-in-for-women-rights-activist-everjoice-win |work=NewsDay |date=10 March 2025 |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref>
==Publications== * ''To Live a Better Life: An Oral History of Women in the City of Harare, 1930-70'' (Baobab Books, 1992) * ''Beating Hunger, the Chivi Experience: A Community-Based Approach to Food Security in Zimbabwe'' (with Kuda Murwira, Cathy Watson, Clare Tawney, et al.) (Intermediate Technology Publications, 2000)<ref>{{cite book |last=Murwira |first=Kuda |last2=Watson |first2=Cathy |last3=Win |first3=Everjoice J. |last4=Tawney |first4=Clare |last5=Scoones |first5=Ian |title=Beating Hunger, the Chivi Experience: A Community-Based Approach to Food Security in Zimbabwe |year=2000 |publisher=Intermediate Technology Publications |isbn=978-1-85339-524-6}}</ref>
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