Our small but mighty feminist non-profit is seeking self-identified women to sit on our volunteer Board of Directors, the strategic heart of our organization:
- We encourage applications from women who have been subjected to intersecting oppressions or who see their lived experiences/realities reflected in our advocacy work
- Fundraising, special events planning, finance, legal, or human resources experience an asset
- No previous Board experience necessary
To request an information package or any additional questions, please contact Lori at [email protected] or by phone at 807-935-8043
ABOUT THE NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO WOMEN’S CENTRE
Since 1973, the Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre has worked to improve women’s safety and access to justice. We’ve launched programs to address economic inequality, food insecurity, and gender-based violence, while empowering women to share creative strategies with one another and be their own best advocates.
We work with self-identified women to increase their access to knowledge, skills, and resources so they can make informed and strategic choices around a variety of issues: poverty, child welfare, family and criminal law, immigration, sexual harassment, human rights, and more. We work to increase public understanding of issues that affect women such as violence, poverty, sexism, racism, sexual orientation, access to justice and human rights through presentations and information clinics. We also actively advocate for systemic changes in public policies that negatively impact women in our community.
We work and live on the traditional lands of the Anishinabek People, and the territory of Fort William First Nation – signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. We recognize that this and other territories and their people have been circumscribed and harmed by systemic forces of colonialism. This violence was first perpetrated by European settlers and continues to be perpetrated by our governments, institutions, and individuals. The Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre remains committed to addressing these past and present wrongs by working to end racist and misogynist violence, and by building allyship and working in solidarity with Indigenous organizations and people.
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