Author: watchthedot
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Protecting the Rights of Older Persons
Protecting the Rights of Older Persons: – The Open-ended Working Group on Ageing and the UN Treaty Bodies Technical briefing 19 August 2016, Geneva within the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Older people worldwide experience discrimination and the violation of their rights at family, community and institutional levels. Unprecedented global demographic…
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Meru Women's Garden Project 2016-2019
Child.org and SI Canterbury Club put together a proposal for the SIGBI Federation Project 2016-2019. Shortlisted to the final three out of seventeen, the three projects were invited to present at the SIGBI conference in Glasgow. A vote followed and the Meru Women’s Garden Project was selected as the SIGBI Federation Project for 2016-2019. …
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The Sky's the Limit – Soroptimists and the Diamond Education Grant
Soroptimist International Immediate Past President, Ann Garvie, SIGBI Federation President, Margaret Emsley, and Margaret Baker, Chief Steward for the SIGBI 2016 Malta Conference, took to the skies on 11 August, riding the fastest zip wire in the world!
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SI President’s Post: Flowers for Nepal
Meet Irene Bissett. Aged 92, mother of Wendy Logan, a Soroptimist from Nelson, New Zealand, Irene is knitting some of the stunning flowers being sold to raise money for Educate to Lead Nepal.
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HeForShe launch Cameroon
Launched by the UN Women in 2014 in New York, the ‘HeForShe’ campaign seeks to engage men and boys as advocates and agents of change for the achievement of gender equality and women’s rights. On behalf of H.E President Paul Biya of Cameroon, the Prime Minister and Head of Government Philemon Yang has pledged…
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The ABC of Soroptimist – SI Projects
Soroptimist International Club Johor Bahru, Malaysia Project ABC In a friendship link with Soroptimist Foundation Malaysia, in partnership with United Nation High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR), AIESEC (University Technology of Malaysia Student International Exchange program) and Sponsorship from UNHCR – Doubletree Hilton, Johor Bahru and Private Individuals this seed for this project was sown in…
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Soroptimist International of Europe holds Annual General Meeting in Sofia
SIE Announces the winners of the SIE Best Practice Awards and Donates Nearly €39,000 to the SI President’s Appeal Projects Image: SI President Yvonne thanks SIE President Maria Elisabetta de Franciscis and the SIE Board for the Federation’s support for the Nepal projects. Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE) chose Sofia, Bulgaria as the venue for…
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Every girl counts – SI projects changing lives
SI London East: Kori Project In a partnership with SI Thames Valley, UK, the club invited Rose Mariba Simba, the founder and Director of the Kori Project visit us and talk about the project. Many goods and knitted items have been made and donated during 2015 and 2016. A very generous donation from one SI…