L’R des centres de femmes
du Québec
The largest feminist coalition of independant community action in Quebec.
Photo by André Querry
About L’R
This coalition, or “regroupement” in French, was named L’R (pronounced “air”) because it is a Resource that belongs exclusively to women’s centres as well as a netwoRk for women’s centres to collaborate so that one day, the eRa where all women will have all the aiR they need to breathe. As the song by Diane Dufresne goes, Donnez-moi de l’oxygène ! (“Give me oxygen!”)
L’R is, above all, a coalition of 82 member centres throughout all of Quebec’s regions. Organized into 15 regional organizations of women’s centres, the members of L’R send one representative from each region to form the provincial coordination committee (called the “Coco” for short). L’R is also an elected executive committee and several working committees made up of representatives from women’s centres across Quebec. As well, L’R is a team of four permanent employees and many contractors.
Photos by André Querry
Calculate your invisible work hours
In time for International Workers’ Day on May 1st (also known as “May Day”), L’R des centres de femmes du Québec decided to raise women’s awareness about the number of hours they work without pay, what’s known as “invisible labour.”
Add it up! How much time do you invest in caring for your loved ones, for free?
Latest news
29 September 2020
L’R des centres de femmes du Québec issued a letter to the Québec Premier, the Minister of Health and Social Services, and the management of the CISSS de Lanaudière, to call out the inhuman treatment to which Joyce Echaquan was subjected at Joliette hospital and to demand that those responsible for her death be arrested and brought to trial.
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29 September 2020
Call to Action. L’R des centres de femmes du Québec invites you to use all or excerpts of this letter to call on your local MNAs and demand an end to systemic racism in Québec.
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8 March 2020
The 85 women’s centres which are members of L’R will participate in mobilizations, which are centered on five main issues: poverty, violence, the environment, migrants, and Indigenous women. The issue of violence against women is a particular concern within L’R’s network.
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