Author: watchthedot
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Nordic Forum – New Action on Women's Rights, Malmö, Sweden
Soroptimists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, Sl International President Ann Garvie and SI Europe President Ulla Madsen, will be joining representatives of 200 different women’s organisations at a four-day conference entitled Nordic Forum – New Action on Women’s Rights in Malmö , Sweden. Marking the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the Forum…
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Learning, sharing and building friendships – experience of a new UN Rep at CSW
Photo: Angelina (far right) and fellow Soroptimists at the CSW advocacy training Angelina Akhvlediani joined the team of Soroptimist International UN Representatives in New York in November 2013. A psychotherapist by profession, she sits on the NGO Committee on Mental Health. In March, she attended the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of…
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“Words Matter….” Lessons from the Southwest Conference Against Trafficking (USA)
Photo: Soroptimist delegates at SWCAT In January 2014, Soroptimists from across the western part of the USA attended the Southwest Conference Against Trafficking (SWCAT) in Pomona, California, organized by the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence & Exploitation (NWCAVE). In this week’s blog, Dawn Marie Lemonds, past Soroptimist International Programme Director and co-chair of SWCAT…
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20 Years on from the Rwanda Genocide: promoting peace, unity and understanding
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and world figures will participate in the official commemoration of the Rwanda genocide today, during which at least 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed in 1994 in three months of bloodletting that followed the death of the then-president Juvenal Habyarimana. "We will…
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“Small bite, big threat” – highlighting vector-borne diseases for World Health Day
Photo: Malaria medicine distributed by community group Mamas Optimistas in Angola, funded by Soroptimist clubs Denmark 7 April is World Health Day and this year the World Health Organisation (WHO) is highlighting the serious and increasing threat of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, schistosomiasis, and yellow fever, carried by mosquitoes,…
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Soroptimist Programme for Expo Milano 2015
The Milan Expo will showcase the best of Italy and explore the theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" during six months of performances, conventions and events from May-October 2015. Soroptimist International Clubs SI Milano alla Scala and SI Milano Fondatore are organising a Soroptimist programme from 8-11 June 2015 to offer Soroptimists from…
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Voices from CSW58: Impressions and experiences of Soroptimist delegates
Photo: Soroptimist week two delegates meeting From 10-21 March 2014, a delegation of over 50 Soroptimists gathered in New York for SI’s largest advocacy event of the year: the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. SI has shared many reports, articles and photos about what happened at CSW58, including analysis of…
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Sl of the Americas – 43rd Biennial Convention
The SIA Federation’s 43rd biennial convention in Vancouver, Canada, will bring Soroptimists together for mutual support, education and inspiration. The event will include the launch of SIA’s new program to empower girls to live their dreams, a movie screening of Girl Rising and inspiring speakers. Visit the SIA Convention website
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CSW58: What does it mean for Soroptimists and what happens next?
It may feel like big UN meetings like the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which finished last week, while exciting, don’t directly relate to local club work. They do! For a start, the work that Soroptimists do for women and girls in their communities and beyond shapes SI’s advocacy positions. SI’s "key asks"…
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CSW58 Agreed Conclusions: strengths, weaknesses and next steps
After two weeks of negotiations at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Governments passed a set of Agreed Conclusions on this year’s priority theme: progress and challenges in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, with an eye towards the creation ofnew development goals in 2015. Over 50 Soroptimist delegates were there during the session…