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  • Food Systems Facing Climate Change – Creating Impact

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    Our last two news articles addressed the first two days at the CFS 39, held at the FAO, Rome. Centred around the HLPE (High Level Panel Experts) report on Food Security and Climate Change, various meetings took place in assessment of the new documentation. Soroptimist International made it clear that there must be a focus…

  • Visit to All China Women's Federation – Beijing 2012

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      This weeks SoroptiVoice blog comes from Leigh Ellwood-Brown, SI Organisational Development Committee Chair. Leigh talks about a recent trip to Beijing, a trip which was historically relevant and shows the great relationships that SI build with other women’s organisations around the world. To keep our contact and connection with the All China Women’s Federation, (ACWF), Karen Ford our SISWP…

  • International World Food Day – Zero Hunger and the Power of Cooperatives

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    Our last news article discussed the 39th Session for the Committee on World Food Security. The first day, October 15th, International Day of Rural Women, was held at the FAO headquarters in Rome. The day addressed the progress needed towards the realisation of economic empowerment for rural women so that they can live lives that…

  • Pushing Forward With Our Work! A Successful Trip to Vienna!

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    This week’s SoroptiVoice Blog comes from International Programme Director Hilary Ratcliffe.  ‘Vienna city of the Blue Danube, opera and art’, but is that why we are here? No, it is our representation at the United Nations that has brought representatives from our centres in Europe together to discuss issues and  ways forward. We met at…

  • Food Security and Economic Empowerment for Rural Women

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    The FAO recently held the 39th Session for the Committee on World Food Security in Rome.  In attendance were International Programme Director Hilary Ratcliffe, Programme Manager Anna McCormick and UN Representatives Cinzia Palmi and Dora Vrdlovec. The first day, significantly being the International Day of Rural Women, opened with a session entitled "Accelerating Progress toward…

  • HIV-Postive Women Forced and Coerced into Sterilisation

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    Ruth Achieng of Nairobi, Kenya, is one of 40 HIV-positive women planning to sue the Kenyan government for forced or coerced sterilisation. Ruth is one of many Kenyan women who knew nothing about her operation until it was too late. After bleeding profusely Ruth’s neighbours carried her to Nairobi’s Kenyatta National Hospital. She was having…

  • Grant of Friendship Invitation

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    Grant of Friendship Invitation Working to develop a spirit of friendship and unity among Soroptimists of all countries, Northwestern Region of Soroptimist International of the Americas started a Grant of Friendship Project in 1990, bringing international Soroptimist guests from other countries and/or Federations to promote and encourage cultural exchanges and foster International Goodwill and Understanding.…

  • President Obama and UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon discuss the future of the MDGs

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    September 25th 2012 was the 67th General Assembly at the United Nations New York. It consisted of an Open Dialogue with the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and addressed the need for a Post-2015 Framework. UN Representatives for New York Yoko Komori Olson and Bette Levy attended this high profile event. Many…

  • The Beautiful Thing about Learning is Nobody Can Take it Away From You.

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    The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you”  B.B.King – Guitarist. This week’s SoroptiVoice Blog comes from Janet Hodgson, SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Learning Opportunities. Janet is a member of SI Rugby in Warwickshire, the home of the game of Rugby. The poet Rupert Brooke and the author Lewis…

  • Evolution and a Better Future for Women

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    SI UN Representative Paulette Forbes-Igharo attended the first day of the Womensphere Annual Global Summit and Awards, 27th September 2012, entitled ‘Creating the Future: Evolution’. It involved a gathering of activists dedicated to the improvement of society, namely through improving the lives of women. The awardees consisted of gathering of leaders across industries, disciplines and…