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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The Yukon Aboriginal Women's Council is an organization that is dedicated to advancing the interests of Aboriginal women in the Yukon including Status, Non-Status, Indians and Metis. YAWC works to support and enforce the rights of Aboriginal women and the civil and human rights of all Native women in the Yukon and Northern B.C. [British Columbia], and works to help Aboriginal women increase their feeling of adequacy and their sense of responsibility through planning, developing and managing self-help projects. The organization has played an active role in encouraging Aboriginal women to assume a more positive and active part in developing skills to support their people, and has promoted and aided in the development and preservation of First Nations culture, arts and handicrafts. YAWC remains non-partisan in its activities and dealings with the government and political parties of Canada.  2, record 1, English, - Yukon%20Aboriginal%20Women%27s%20Council

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish