Michèle Asselin is a

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and former president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec.

Career

In 1988, she became coordinator of the Regroupement des centres de femmes du Québec. In June 2003, she succeeded

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of the Fédération des femmes du Québec. In September 2009, she stepped down as FFQ president after reaching the Federation's

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s for presidents. Upon stepping down, she re-affirmed her support for the Federation's opposition to the Quebec ban on religious symbols. After leaving the FFQ, she served as coordinator for the Centre international de solidarité ouvrière from 2010 to 2015. In 2015, she was named as head of the Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale.

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