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SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND 2SLGBTQQIA+
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
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
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
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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