Anik Sioui Interview at the Montreal International Womens Conference

Program Title: Anik Sioui Interview at the Montreal International Womens Conference
Description: Women from more than 30 countries gathered in Parc Extension, Montreal for the first Montreal International Women’s Conference. The conference was organized by the Committee of Women of Diverse Origins and went from August 13-16.
The organization works with women from diverse origins around the world to take on a number of social issues from migrants’ rights to violence against women. Some of the countries represented include the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Iran, Palestine, Pakistan, Mexico, Ecuador, and Mali.
This conference, honours and marks 100 years since the declaration of International Women’s Day. Among the issues discussed are the impact of developmental aggression including large scale mining projects; women’s access to reproductive health; the social cost of migration and migrants’ rights; racism and exploitation in the workplace; and concerns of indigenous communities here and abroad.
The end result of the conference was to build an international anti-imperialist alliance.
The following interview was conducted and recorded by one of several young women from the InterTribal Youth Centre, the South Asian Women's Community Centre, the Quebec Native Women's Association, the Y des Femmes de Montreal and Radio CKUT.
The young women involved in the radio project got the opportunity to interview women from across the world involved in the feminist militant movement.

Host(s): CKUT
Featured Speakers/Guests: Anik Sioui is a member of the Huron-Wendat nation and is part of the Anishnabe Abitibiwinni band from Pikogan. She is currently completing her MA in clinical and community psychology at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM). She worked for several years at the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal and currently works at the Women’s Centre of Montreal on a project for Aboriginal women in urban areas. She also accompanies former residential school students through the steps necessary to gain compensation for the sexual and physical abuse they have suffered.

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Topic: Society and Culture > Women Type: Interview

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