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Femmes Autochtones du Quebec, Inc./ Quebec Native Women, Inc.

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Climate Change
  • Decolonization
  • Education
  • Family
  • Governance
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Intellectual Property
  • Social Development
  • Sustainable Development
  • Violence

    • Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Policy advice
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and health
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the environment
  • Women and the media
  • Women in power and decision-making

    • Public Administration:
  • Governance and Public Administration

    • Social Development:
  • Employment
  • Indigenous issues
  • Poverty
  • Youth

    • Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Education
  • Forests
  • Health
  • Integrated decision-making
  • Land management
    • Geographic scope: International
    Country of activity:
  • Panama
  • Canada
    • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Improve maternal health
    • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 1978
    Organizational structure: the Association is comprised of a president who is elected by its members for a two year mandate at its annual general meeting and is a full-time position. the president is part of an executive council comprised of vice-president and secretary/treasurer whose elections by its members alternates from that of the president. the executive is part of the board of directors who include one representative of 9 of the 11 nations within the region of Quebec along with a seat for the urban Indigenous women and one for Indigenous youth. the board provides direction and conducts administrative decisions on behalf of its members. the annual general meeting provides the board and the office staff of the Association with direction by its members on issues affecting Indigenous women at all levels of the global society. each nation conducts its own activities but must conduct its actions according the constitution of the Association.
    Number and type of members: there are approximately 2,000 Indigenous women who are members from the on and off-reserve communities. the association also welcomes members of civil society or individuals who are not Indigenous to be friends of the Association. QNW also welcomes membership of all Indigenous women of the Americas
    Affiliation with NGO networks: Native Women's Association of Canada, Pauktuutit - Inuit Women's Association, Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, ENLACE the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas, Féderation des femmes du Québec
    Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
    • Funding structure other: from various Canadian including CIDA/ACDI, and various Quebec ministries, private donations, fundraising efforts
     
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