Author: watchthedot
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16 days – Day Two Shelter
Soroptimists all across the globe work on projects that seek to help those who in turn, help survivors of domestic violence. These safe houses or refuges offer a safety net, a place where women and their children can escape from the living hell of domestic abuse. This is a story of a survivor, not a…
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Bringing Health Care to Malawi: Women, Girls and Goats!
SI UN Representative Gloria Essoka is a professional nurse specialising in Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Child Health. During her career she has been awarded a PhD and trained other nurses. She is a member of SI Suburban Essex in the USA. This year she visited Malawi to help provide healthcare to three villages via the foundation…
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16 Days – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Ann Garvie, International President "Living within a safe, caring and trouble free environment is a basic human right, regardless of race, social class, intellectual ability or economic empowerment. Yet at every level of civil society, globally, violence against women is perpetrated. 365 days a year, 7 days per week, 24 hours a day, every minute…
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence 2014
Tuesday 25, November marks the beginning of 16 days of Activism Against Gender Violence and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. 25 November was marked a day to combat and raise awareness of violence against women in 1981, originally marking the day that three of the four Mirabal sisters from the Dominican…
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Soroptimists meet R4WR, four young graduates raising awareness for Women's Rights
“We had a great time meeting the young women of R4WR. They are young, bright and so motivated about their mission. They are the new generation Soroptimists!” Frances Luns, President-Elect SI Bangkok
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Leadership Academy – through a student's eyes
The Soroptimist Leadership Academy at Lake Ohrid in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia took place in July this year. A joint project of SI Struga (FYROM) and the SI Turkish Union, this was a 10 day experience to help participants discover their leadership potential. Here, student Ernesta Dambrauskaite shares her experience with us. "I…
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Advocacy Roundup: SI UN Reps Advocate for the Rights of Women and Girls
This month Soroptimist International’s UN Representatives have been hard at work advocating for the rights of women and girls. Here is some of the news from New York, Paris, Geneva and Vienna, where the voices of Soroptimists have been heard on the issues of female genital mutilation, the Beijing Platform for Action and the human…
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Women’s Rights 20 Years after the Beijing Women’s Conference: Getting the Change Women Want
On 26 October, Soroptimist International UN Representative Bette Levy moderated a panel entitled ‘UN Women and Beijing+20’. 20 years after the Beijing Platform for Action, and many women are still campaigning for the principles and commitments it outlined to become a reality. Unfortunately, many more women do not even know the Beijing Platform for Action…