Author: watchthedot
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Silvana Arbia awarded Soroptimist Peace Prize for promoting peace and justice in Rwanda
Silvana Arbia, International Criminal Court’s former Registrar, has been awarded the Peace Prize of Soroptimist International of Europe for her courageous role in building peace in Rwanda. The Italian Judge received her prize of €20,000 as well as the Peace Statute on the occasion of the Soroptimist European Congress on Sunday, 14 July 2013 in Berlin. The Peace Prize, conferred…
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SIE Berlin Congress: Soroptimists go for water and food
A special blog from the 20th Congress of Soroptimist International of Europe, 12-14 July 2013, by SI International Programme Director Hilary Ratcliffe. What an amazing experience being with Soroptimists from all over the world at the Congress in Berlin! It all started so well with a very special evening at the Jewish museum, where we…
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Soroptimists as Peacemakers and Gender Justice
This week’s SoroptiVoice blog on the role of women in building a more peaceful world comes from Anusha Santhirasthipam, International Assistant Programme Director for Soroptimist International. Image: Malaysian UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon (Credit: UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz) There can be no real peace in this world until every woman and girl can lead a violence…
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Soroptimists go for Water and Food: SI Europe Congress opens in Berlin
2000 women from more than 80 countries have gathered in Berlin (Germany) for the 20th Congress of Soroptimist International Europe, which opens today. The theme of the Congress is “Visions of Paradise“ – Soroptimists Go for Water and Food. "This conference will not only highlight drastic inequalities in the supply and distribution of water and food in relation…
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"One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world” – Malala speaks at the UN
Malala Yousafzai will mark her 16th birthday today by delivering a speech at UN headquarters in New York, calling on governments to ensure free compulsory education for every child. It will be Malala’s first public speech since she was attacked on her school bus in Pakistan’s north-western Swat valley, shot twice in the head and…
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Former Deputy President of South Africa appointed Executive Director of UN Women
Soroptimist International welcomes the announcement that Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka from South Africa will be the new Executive Director of UN Women, the organization leading UN’s work on advancing gender equality and women’s rights. Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka became a Member of Parliament in South Africa in 1994 and from 2005-8 was the first woman to hold the position of Deputy President. Before…
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World Population Day: Educating and Empowering for Reproductive Health
"When we devote attention and resources to the education, health and wellbeing of adolescent girls, they will become an even greater force for positive change in society that will have an impact for generations to come. On this World Population Day, let us pledge to support adolescent girls to realize their potential and contribute to…
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A Bird Cannot Fly with One Wing – Celebrating 50 Years of Women in Space
Dora Vrdlovec is Soroptimist International’s Lead Representative to the United Nations in Vienna. In this week’s SoroptiVoice blog, she writes about celebrating 50 years of women in space, marking the contribution of pioneering women and looking forward to greater female participation in the future. Fifty years ago on 16 June 1963, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made her historic space flight as the first…
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Soroptimists in Action – Latest Club Projects
The month of May saw a wonderful variety of projects as Soroptimist International clubs continued to empower and educate women and girls via the expertise of both age old traditions and modern technology. See some pictures and read about the projects below. SI Dunfermline (UK) worked with their local community to raise money to help…
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15 June 2013: A Day of Horror, Panic and Shock for Pakistan
On 15 June, 14 female students were murdered and more critically injured when their bus was blown up by a suicide bomber in western Pakistan. The hospital in which the survivors were treated was then attacked. This atrocity came just a day after an attack on the last resting place of Pakistan’s founder. In this…