Alexa Conradi
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Alexa Conradi is a Canadian activist and former president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec.[1]
Career
In 2009, she was named president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec, succeeding Michèle Asselin in the post, and stating that she wanted to fight the misconception that the struggle for gender equality in Québec was mostly over.[2][3][4] She was re-elected FFQ president for a second mandate in May 2013.[5]
As part of her presidency of the FFQ, she opposed the Quebec Charter of Values.[6] In 2014, after high-profile sexual assault allegations levelled against CBC radio presenter Jian Ghomeshi, she spoke publicly about her experience of having been sexually assaulted by an ex-partner.[7][8]
In February 2015, she criticised Coalition Avenir Québec MNA André Spénard following a confrontation between the two at a parliamentary commission meeting studying Bill 28, stating that he had a regressive vision and that she "wasn't often shocked like this."[9]Later that year, she joined the heads of seven other women's organisations in Québec to condemn austerity politics by the government of Québec, stating that "elsewhere in the world, in England, in France, in Greece, austerity has led to major regression of women's rights."[10]
After leaving the FFQ and suffering from burnout, she moved to Germany.[11][12] In 2017 announced the publication of a book titled Les angles morts.[13][14] The book was a finalist for the 2018 Prix du livre politique of the Salon international du livre de Québec.[15]
Personal life
In 2004, she earned a degree from the École des affaires publiques et communautaires at Concordia University.[16] She was born in England in 1971 to a Norwegian father and an anglophone Quebecker mother.[17] She was previously in a couple with Québec solidaire politician Manon Massé for twelve years, adopting two children together.[18]
References
- ↑ "Les Femen québécoises ont des projets pour 2014". La Presse. January 12, 2014.
- ↑ "La Fédération des femmes du Québec a une nouvelle présidente". TVA Nouvelles. 2009-09-26.
- ↑ "Non, l'égalité homme-femme n'est pas acquise !". Le Devoir.
- ↑ "Femmes et indépendance". La Presse. September 28, 2009.
- ↑ https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/un-dernier-mandat-a-la-presidence-de-la-ffq-pour-alexa-conradi-512467561.html
- ↑ "Conradi espère toujours convaincre Québec de retirer le projet de Charte". Le Devoir.
- ↑ Elkouri, Rima (2014-11-05). "Le courage de dénoncer". La Presse.
- ↑ "«La violence sexuelle est une arme de destruction massive»". Le Devoir.
- ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique-. "Le caquiste André Spénard s'attire les foudres de la féministe Alexa Conradi". Radio-Canada.ca.
- ↑ Levesque, Lia (25 November 2014). "Les politiques d'austérité du gouvernement Couillard pénalisent plus les femmes". quebec.huffingtonpost.ca. La Presse Canadienne. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Millette, Lise (2016-04-17). "L'ex-présidente de la FFQ Alexa Conradi part relever de nouveaux défis en Allemagne". Journal de Montréal.
- ↑ "L'union fait la force féministe". Le Devoir.
- ↑ Shaffer, Meve (2017-10-23). "Alexa Conradi: «Je crois que la société peut faire mieux»". Journal Métro.
- ↑ Chartrand, Suzanne-G.; Émery-Bruneau, Judith (June 12, 2017). "Un engagement féministe qui s'approfondit dans les luttes : entrevue avec Alexa Conradi". Nouveaux Cahiers du socialisme (18): 161–176 – via www.erudit.org.
- ↑ "Salon international du livre de Québec L'Assemblée nationale dévoile les lauréats de la 16e édition des Prix du livre politique - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca.
- ↑ "Diplômés de l'ÉAPC". Concordia University.
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- ↑ "Cœur de rockeuse". La Presse+. March 17, 2018.
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