1993

Publication of a study entitled “An Assessment of Violence and Mental Health Among the Aboriginal Population of Québec.” A QNW brief to the Royal Commission on Indigenous Peoples, entitled “Taking Our Rightful Place,” recommends the following:

- Prioritize the issue of family violence

- Create daycare centres in Indigenous communities

- Examine the issue of multi-service centres for Indigenous women living in urban areas

- Modify Bill C-31 since it opens up new avenues of discrimination

- Ensure the participation of Indigenous women in the constitutional debate

- Ensure equal financial support for Indigenous women’s organizations

First meeting of the QNW ad hoc Committee on conjugal violence. The committee is made up of five Indigenous men.

QNW past president Michèle Rouleau becomes Chevalier de I'Ordre national du Québec.