Florence Ievers
{{short description|Canadian attorney}}
Florence Ievers is a Canadian attorney, who has had a career as a public servant. Between 1997 and 2007 she was nominated and affirmed as the Canadian Coordinator of Status of Women each year. The position is not a political appointment but requires nomination by a minister.{{cite web|last1=Turcotte|first1=Jeremy|title=Better know a Canadian functionary: the Coordinator of Status of Women Canada|url=https://jeremyturcotte.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/better-know-a-canadian-functionary-the-coordinator-of-status-of-women-canada/|publisher=Jeremy Turcotte|accessdate=11 September 2015|location=Canada|date=20 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=38th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION Standing Committee on the Status of Women|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=1971337&Language=E#Int-1364754|website=House Publications|publisher=Parliament of Canada|accessdate=11 September 2015|location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada|date=21 June 2005}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Florence Ievers
| citizenship = Canadian
| occupation = Lawyer
}}
Biography
In 2002, she was elected as Vice President of the Inter-American Commission of Women and served from 2003 to 2005.{{cite web|title=31st Assembly of Delegates (Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, October 29-31, 2002)|url=http://www.oas.org/en/CIM/assembly.asp|website=Organization of American States|publisher=Inter-American Commission of Women|accessdate=11 September 2015|location=Washington, DC}} Between 11 and 15 July 2002, Ievers and others attended the Global Summit of Women, held in Barcelona, Spain, as part of a delegation to evaluate how governments can better target support and aid to women's business and trade initiatives.{{cite journal|last1=Robertson|first1=Krista|title=Global Summit of Women|journal=CanadExport|date=16 September 2002|volume=20|issue=15|page=14|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/E12-9-20-15E.pdf|accessdate=11 September 2015|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade|location=Canada}} She stood for the 1984 elections as a Liberal Candidate for MP of Langelier, Quebec, losing to Michel Coté.{{cite web|title=LANGELIER, Quebec (1968 - 1990)|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=372&Search=Det|publisher=Parliament of Canada|accessdate=11 September 2015|location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada}} Between 1982 and 1984 Ievers worked in the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's office and as nominations secretary and later coordinated the government's plan for women.{{cite web|title=Fonds the Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Staff Series 1968-1984|url=http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001881.pdf|website=Archives of Canada|publisher=Political Archives Section, Manuscript Division|accessdate=11 September 2015|location=Canada}} Previously, she had run in the 1981 election for the Taschereau District and was also defeated.{{cite web|title=Élection générale: 13 avril 1981 (carte électorale de 1980)|url=http://www.quebecpolitique.com/elections-et-referendums/circonscriptions/elections-dans-taschereau/#1981|publisher=Québec Politique|accessdate=11 September 2015|location=Québec, Canada|language=French}}
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Category:Canadian women's rights activists
Category:Quebec Liberal Party candidates in Quebec provincial elections
Category:20th-century Canadian lawyers
Category:21st-century Canadian lawyers
Category:21st-century Canadian women lawyers
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Category:20th-century Canadian women lawyers
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