This article is drawn from a presentation given by Anne Pasquier (Table des groupes de femmes de Montréal – Alliance of Montreal Women’s Groups) and Berthe Lacharité (Relais-femmes) at the 6th International Conference of French-Language Feminist Research in Lausanne, Workshop 10 entitles “Dealing with the complexity of social relations in women’s lives: conceptions, use of and effects of intersectionality.”