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Records date from 1975-1991 and contain information relating to the Status of Women Committee, Departmental Updates, ministers' briefing notes, correspondence and plans relating to the 5 year Action Plan on Equality for Women.

The records date from 1975-1976. The first reel is a recording of a board meeting from 1976. Discussion involves representation from the GNWT, the federal government, the Northern Canada Power Commission (the predecessor to the NWT Power Corporation), the Canada Mortgage and Housing Commission (CMHC), and the Northern Transportation Company Ltd. (NTCL). Subjects include housing in Inuvik, the level of postal service in Yellowknife, runway conditions, and tailings ponds. Included is a discussion of the functions of the Treasury Board Secretariat led by Gary Mullins. In addition the board discusses GNWT staff housing, an Arctic Air Symposium, a task force on northern business, and airport manager training in the NWT, the viability of Arctic Bay, the creation of the road to Nanisivik from Arctic Bay, and the lead-zinc mine opened by Cominco on Little Cornwallis Island. The second reel features a panel discussion on the the status of women and the International Year of Women in the NWT in which the impact of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (1967) and its effect on the creation of the NWT Status of Women Action Committee is discussed. This also includes background on the National Action Committee (NAC) and the look ahead to the International Year of Women (1975).

The records, including reports, decision papers, briefing notes and correspondance, document the relationship of the Women's Advisory to the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, as well as the restructuring of the Women's Advisory in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

They include one file of reports from the Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association, two reports by the Status of Women Council of the NWT, one report by the Native Women's Association, and a briefing note.

The records include several briefing notes, a report from the Women's Community Action Team, an ad hoc committee of the Status of Women Council of the NWT, the 1997/98 Annual Report of the Status of Women Council of the NWT, and a Functional Programme by PSAV Architects for the Status of Women Council and the Native Women's Association.

It includes a policy statement on the Women's Advisory Grants and Contributions program and the 2000/01 Annual Report of the Status of Women Council of the NWT.

Records date from December 1991-November 1992 and consist of a file of Women's Advisory directorate chronos.

Records consist of 4 annual reports of the Status of Women Council of the NWT for 1990/91, 1991/92, 1993/94, and 1994/95.

Records include reports, correspondence, briefing materials, work plans, meeting minutes and training material related to Gender Based Analysis and women's shelters, as well as correspondence and financial reports from the Status of Women Council. There are also records related to strategies for reducing family violence, including minutes of the Coalition Against Family Violence; the NWT Action Plan on Family Violence; the Government of the Northwest Territories Response to the NWT Action Plan on Family Violence (2003-2008): A Framework for Action; and a report on the results of a survey on family violence.