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  • SI joins NGOs in assessing UN Draft Declaration: Human Rights Education and Training

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     38 NGOs, including Soroptimist International, have joined an NGO statement assessing the draft UN declaration on Human Rights Education and Training. This is being presented at the 16th session of the Human Rights Council, which meets this week. The statement reflects discussions facilitated by the NGO working group on Human Rights Education and Learning and others,…

  • Women and Technology – What can we do to increase participation?

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    This weeks guest blogger is Kirsti Guttormsen from SI Molde, Norway. Here she considers the importance of getting more women into science and technology and shares ideas on how to do it! Women and Girls in Science and Technology – this was a main topic at CSW 55, but who is developing the new technologies…

  • Yvonne Simpson, President SWP, attends Commonwealth Observance

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     Soroptimist International were honoured to be invited to take part in a Commonwealth Observance Day in the Wellington Cathedral, New Zealand, on March 14, 2011. Yvonne Simpson, President of SI South West Pacific took part. Yvonne reports: "The theme of the day was “Women, Agents of Change” and my address reflected the Soroptimist focus of empowering…

  • 2011-2013 SI International Programme Appointments Announced

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    Congratulations to Hilary Ratcliffe and Anusha Santhirasthipam on their international programme appointments!  SI received a number of strong applications for the advertised posts of International Programme Director and International Assistant Programme Director.  We can now announce that Hilary Ratcliffe has been appointed as International Programme Director and Anusha Santhirasthipam as International Assistant Programme Director. Both…

  • Young People's Forum meets at UNESCO to discuss women, Africa and human development

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    Last month, NGOs accredited to UNESCO, in partnership with the Division of Human Rights of UNESCO, organised a Young Persons Forum on the theme "Women, Africa and Human Development ". The event took place over an afternoon and focused on  raising awareness amongst young people aged 15-25 years of human rights, education and culture. Over 300 people attended to share…

  • Soroptimists in Mali "Go for Water!"

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    Soroptimists all over the world are working on water related projects. To celebrate SIGBI’s 75th anniversary year, 2009-2010 SIGBI President, Jackie Mosedale, set a challenge to all Clubs to raise £75 towards assisting a total of 75 WaterAid projects worldwide. The fund closed in December 2010, having exceeded all expectations. A staggering £36,129.53 was raised…

  • World Water Day – The Urban Challenge

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    Today is world water day! The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro and focuses on a different water issue each year. The theme for 2011 is Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge.…

  • Commonwealth lecture urges the inclusion of women in climate change debate

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    At the Commonwealth Lecture in London, held last week, Mrs Sonia Gandhi called for women’s voices and concerns to be heard in the global climate change debate, to “help the world find a more sustainable and less consumerist path to development”. She argued that so far, most of the climate change debate has been ‘gender…

  • CSW 55: Raising Voices, Transforming Societies

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    This weeks guest blogger is Margaret Cook, SI’s International Assistant Programme Director. Here she reflects on her CSW experience and pulls out the best bits of week 2 to share. It is now two weeks since I returned home and I have had a chance to reflect upon the experience. Some of the highlights of…

  • SI visits UN Reps in Vienna – Trafficking and IWD

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    President Elect Alice Wells and Programme Director Reilly Dempsey visit our UN Reps in Vienna for International Women’s Day! From the 9th to the 13th March, Alice and Reilly visited Roswitha Benesch, our UN European Liaison and Dora Vrdlovec, UN Rep in Vienna.  Roswitha and Dora had set up quite the programme for Alice and…