Author: watchthedot
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Challenge. Celebrate. Change. New International Programme Director Hilary Ratcliffe reports back from Convention
Montreal Convention: Challenge; Celebrate; Change. That is what going to an international convention is all about and that is exactly what the recent international convention in Montréal delivered. Pictured: Hilary (second from left) with Soroptimist sisters from around the world at Convention Challenge It was superbly organised and set us many challenges. Not least…
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UN International Day of Worlds Indigenous Peoples 2011 – 9 August
Read a message from Soroptimist Chris Knight in celebration of The International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples To all our SI Indigenous Members and Friends I wish you a great day of celebrations. Today is the UN designated day to celebrate the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples. The theme for 2011 is…
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Hunting for Treasure!
This week’s SoroptiVoice Blog comes from International President Alice. Here she shares her vision of strategic planning and how, as Soroptimists, we can join together to be global treasure hunters as we work to improve the lives of women and girls. Imagine a world where women and girls are afforded equal opportunities for education and…
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Podcast: SI Malaysia Interview
Soroptimist International of Malaysia were recently interviewed by their local business radio station. The Malaysian branch of SI has been going for 20 years so they had plenty to share! Joanne Yeoh, president of SI Malaysia, stopped by to share about the role that they play in advocating for women locally and how SI works…
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SI Delivers Statement to the Working Group on Ageing
This week our UN Representatives in New York attended the working group on ageing. Soroptimist International prepared a brief statement which we were able to contribute to the discussions. Our representative, Lois Beilin, reports that one of the big discussion points was whether to have a "new" convention on protection of the ageing persons. The…
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World Breastfeeding Week
August 1 – 7: World Breastfeeding Week Breastfeeding… the forgotten natural behavior Breastfed babies are healthy and happy babies Sarah (3 ½ months) and Fiona (7 ½ months) now 26 and 23 respectively Julie Marsaban is a founding member of SI Jakarta (joined in 1992) and is…
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FAO Conference: SI Past President Marie Jeanne Bosia Speaks on "Women and Microcredit"
As regular readers of our news pages will remember, in July our UN Representative in Rome coordinated a side event for civil society organisations on the theme of rural women. As part of the speakers, past SI president, Marie-Jeanne Bosia, spoke on "women and microcredit – a life changing opportunity". Here she reports back. When…
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Trafficking – Slavery Under Another Name
This week’s SoroptiVoice comes from Theresa Lyford, SI South West Pacific’s Assistant Federation Programme Director. Theresa talks about an organization that Clubs in the Region of Victoria, Australia, have been involved with for the past few years called Project Respect. This organisation advocated and worked with a Victorian State Government Report, which looks into Trafficking…
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CEDAW Recommendations on Protection of Women in Conflict Areas
In the October 2010 session, the Commission on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva proposed a general recommendation for the protection of women’s human rights in conflict and post-conflict contexts. On July 18th, 2011 the recommendation was presented to member states and civil society meeting of CEDAW at the…
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SIPP Brings Cambodian Women Smiles and Hope
This week’s SoroptiVoice Blog comes from Sarvina Kang, 24, from Cambodia. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Development Management at Norton University, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She joined the SIPP since June 2010 before the chartered day on July 4th 2010. Here she describes SI Phnom Pehn’s breast cancer awareness programme. I am a Cambodian…