Author: watchthedot
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SI to host its First All Male Side Event at the CSW 58
Soroptimist International will be partnering with key organisations and speakers at this year’s CSW58 to host several side events. Our first side event entitled ‘Pink is the New Blue: Opening Doors for Women and Girls’ will explore the barriers faced by girls and women in entering into traditionally male-dominated fields, primarily in Science, Technology, Engineering…
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Blue is the New Pink & Pink Is the New Blue – Challenging Gender Stereotypes at the CSW 58
Soroptimist International will be holding its first ever all-male panel for a side event at the Commission on the Status of Women, to highlight the need to break down barriers for men and boys in order to achieve gender equality. SI believes that attention must be paid to working with men and boys and breaking…
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Project of Excellence: Soroptimist Encouraging Women and Teens (USA)
Continuing with our celebration of Projects of Excellence from the Global Impact Report, in this week’s Soroptivoice blog, Arlene Vilas of SI of Ceres (USA) writes about her club’s S.E.W. project (Soroptimist Encouraging Women). Originally aimed at increasing the skills and confidence of women recovering from addiction, the scheme is now being expanded to…
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Promoting Gender Equality after the MDGs: Soroptimist “key asks” for CSW58 (lobbying pack)
SI delegation at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in 2013 In spite of the groundbreaking achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), women and girls are still poorer than their male counterparts. In the run-up to the 58th Session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women…
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Soroptimist 20th International Convention
Dear Soroptimists, We wholeheartedly look forward to meeting you all in Istanbul for the 20th Convention of Soroptimist International between July 9-12, 2015 to present an example of SI’s leadership and create public opinion with “fresh ideas empowering women”. It is our pleasure to announce the launch of the online registration period as of…
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Projects of Excellence: Just the Job – helping women into work (UK)
Image: Opening of the clothing showroom with the town’s mayor, who has since become a club member! In the third of our series focussing on Soroptimist Projects of Excellence, Dorothy Bowker from SI Leigh & District (UK) writes about the club’s "Just The Job" project, which provides advice, support and interview outfits to help unemployed women…
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SI South Kolkata Go Solar for Schools (India)
Soroptimists from the South Kolkata club are using solar power to help students at a remote school in West Bengal. Inspired by SI President Ann’s "See Solar, Cook Solar" Appeal, they have installed a 150 Watt solar panel at Jata High School on an island in the Sunderbans, covering five electric points for lights…
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Projects of Excellence: Girls Moving Forward (India)
In the second in our series of blog posts focussing on Projects of Excellence identified in the SI Global Impact Report 2012-13, Nisha Ghosh, Founder President and current Programme Action Chair of SI Pune Metro East (India) writes about "Girls Moving Forward", which used the skills of Soroptimists to provide non-formal education to girls from…
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UN Rep Alice Odingo elected to AWID International Board
Soroptimist International is delighted that Dr Alice Odingo, our Lead UN Representative in Nairobi (Kenya) has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of Women in Development (AWID), an international membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women’s human rights. “This achievement is a wonderful accolade for you personally…
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Soroptimist Winnie Maru live on Kenyan television!
Soroptimist Winnie Maru has been very busy, not only did she attend the Fifth Feminist Leadership, Movement Building and Rights Institute in Nairobi for a week-long course designed to strengthen feminist leadership, but on the 9th January she also starred on KTN, a Kenyan television channel, on a show called the ‘Morning Express’. Winnie passionately…