Author: watchthedot
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Rio+20 News: Will Actions Speak Louder Than Words?
SI’s delegation at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, report back from the opening day of the Heads of State Plenary Session. You can tweet your questions to SIE Programme Executive @SubaUma with any questions, or leave SI International Assistant Programme Director Anusha a message through the SI Facebook pages. On Wednesday…
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Rio+20: Successful Outcome for Women? Only Time Will Tell.
Suba, SIE Programme Executive is blogging and tweeting live from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development – known as Rio+20. We have a Soroptimist delegation observing the high level discussions, participating in the side events and networking with other NGOs. Progress over the past few months has been slow when it comes to issues of…
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Rio+20 News: The Right to Water and Energy – Dream or Reality?
SI’s delegation at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, report back from day 2 of the NGO Development Dialogues. You can tweet your questions to SIE Programme Executive @SubaUma with any questions, or leave SI International Assistant Programme Director Anusha a message through the SI Facebook pages. Read on to catch up…
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Rio+20 News: Female Empowerment is the Key to Sustainable Development
SI Assistant Programme Director, Anusha Santhirasthipam, is reporting live from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development – known as Rio+20. We have a Soroptimist delegation observing the high level discussions, participating in the side events and networking with other NGOs. Progress over the past few months has been slow when it comes to issues of…
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Flower Power – Strength in Diversity!
This week’s SoroptiVoice blog is from Robyn Cain, SISWP Federation Programme Director. She reflects on the SISWP Federation Conference of Clubs in New Zealand which took place at the beginning of May. Many thanks to Robyn for reporting back – and welcome to Siew Yong, the new President of SI South West Pacific! My goodness…
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Rio+20: Count down to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
As we gear up for Rio+20, starting next week in Brazil, SI UN Representative Bette Levy summarises the current international position on the outcome document, and attempts to explain why the negotiations have been so difficult. She has been following events in New York since the start of the year. As thousands of participants are…
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Aloha!
This week’s SoroptiVoice comes from SIA Past President and SIA Federation Programme Director Sharon Fisher. She is clearly getting excited about the forthcoming SIA convention in Hawaii – we can understand why! So if you are still thinking about going, read on to be convinced! Every two years, Soroptimist International of the America’s hosts a…
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SI Hosts Side Event on Migrant Women in Prison
Soroptimist International UN Representatives in Vienna attended the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at the end of April. As part of the Vienna NGO Committee on the Status of Women, SI co-hosted a side event on one of the focus topics of this year’s commission, women in prison. As part of this focus,…
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“Men are Fundamental, Women are Secondary”
The author of this week’s blog is Jackie Paling, SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Violence and Conflict Resolution. Jackie has travelled extensively around the world and says that her experiences have provided her with a truly excellent education. A regular visitor to Afghanistan, Jackie takes out humanitarian aid and supports various projects out there. A…
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Action on Armed Violence: Liberia
This week’s SoroptiVoice Blog comes from Action on Armed Violence (previously Landmine Action) which started its field programming in Liberia in 2005, two years following the end of the civil war. Initially, the purpose of this programme was to conduct weapons and ammunition collection and destruction, but it quickly developed a human focus – particularly…