Advocates help women prepare to lead as number of female chiefs skyrockets in Northwestern Ontario

A women’s group says the number of female chiefs in Nishnawbe Aski’s 49 communities has doubled since 2002

Willow Fiddler
APTN National News
A women’s group in Northwestern Ontario says the number of female chiefs has doubled since 2002.

With a by-election being held in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation next month, here’s a look at what women there are doing to prepare to become leaders.

 

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