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  • SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND 2SLGBTQQIA+

    1 April 2024 | News

    As part of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan, funded by Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association reviewed legal protections for women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ (two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual) people. […]

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  • Amautiit Launches Women in Government Poster Campaign

    14 August 2023 | Update

    Today marks the launch of the Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association’s (Amautiit) Women in Government poster campaign across the territory. This campaign presents current statistics on the number of women who have been elected at a territorial MLA and Federal MP level since the inception of Nunavut to today (1999 – 2023). Based on data […]

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  • Amautiit launches No Excuse for Child Abuse Poster Campaign

    19 July 2023 | Update

    Today marks the launch of the Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association’s (Amautiit) No Excuse for Child Abuse poster campaign across the territory, partnering with the Qulliit Status of Women, and Pauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association on the project – with Artwork from Charlotte Karetak.  The poster promotes the rights of children to be safe and grow […]

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  • NIWA President Madeleine Redfern presents before the Senate Committee on Human Rights – Forced and Coerced Sterilization of Persons in Canada

    11 May 2022 | Update

    NIWA President Madeleine Redfern’s testimony transcript from her presentation on Monday, May 9th, 2022 before the Senate Committee on Human Rights re: Forced and Coerced Sterilization of Persons in Canada See the transcript below. Background Amautiit: Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing self-determination for Nunavut Arnait [Inuit women] in all areas of […]

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