Women's Directorate

Department Overview

Advancing Women's Equality

YACWI - Get Involved!

Tell us your ideas:
Make a presentation at a round table meeting with
the Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues.
Contact the Women's Directorate to find out how.

Join YACWI:
Submit your name, or nominate somene else to sit on
the Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues.
Download the Nomination/Application form [176KB ].

Minister Taylor with YACWI Meeting Participants YACWI is a group of eight leading Yukon women invited by the Minister responsible for the Women’s Directorate to help advance the legal, social and economic equality of Yukon women.

Four meetings are held each year in Whitehorse and in Yukon communities.
At these meetings, YACWI holds round table discussions with Yukon women and women’s groups. The Minister responsible for the Women’s Directorate is invited to each meeting.

Annual Reports

YUKON ADVISORY COUNCIL ON WOMEN’S ISSUES
2011/2012 BOARD MEMBER CONTACT LIST
Position	Name	Email
Chair	Betty Irwin (Whitehorse)	betty.irwin@jarwinenterprises.com
Member	Irene Brekke (Whitehorse)	brekkedi@nortwestel.net
Member	Ann Maje Raider (Watson Lake)	majeraider@yahoo.ca
Member	Barb Barchen (Mayo)	bbarchen@hotmail.com
Member	Karen Keenan (Teslin)	Karen.franz@northwestel.net
Member	Melanie Douville (Teslin)	chipdouville@gmail.com
Member	Alysa Praamsma (Whitehorse)	alyd@northwestel.net
Member	Diane Schroeder (Dawson City)	shelterdirector@northwestel.net