Author: watchthedot
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Harmonising Menstrual Hygiene with Caring for the Environment!
By Mary Muia, SI UN Representative Nairobi Centre World Environment Day 2023 is hosted by Côte d’Ivoire and supported by the Netherlands. The theme will focus on solutions to plastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution and is a reminder that people’s actions on plastic pollution matters. This year’s theme highlights the urgent need for governments and…
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Environmental Advocacy and Impact: A look back to ESCAP78
A blog by Dr Theresa Devasahayam, SI UN Representative in Bangkok Registration is currently open for our webinar for World Environment Day 2023: Joining Forces to Beat Plastic Pollution! This webinar event will be held on Monday 5 June at 8:00am BST, where each of our five Federations will come together to showcase some of…
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Volunteer Role: Safeguarding Officer
Soroptimist International is pleased to announce that we are recruiting a voluntary Safeguarding Officer for our recently established Soroptimist International Foundation. The Foundation is now the home of all international projects and will be officially launched at the SI Dublin 2023 Convention in July. The role will carry the responsibility, ownership and accountability for all…
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Climate Action in the Making: Asia Pacific Country Commitments and Challenges
“Climate [action] is a core issue of our survival” (Jeffrey Sachs, 15 May 2023) Soroptimist International was represented by Dr Theresa Devasahayam at the 79th Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP 79) held in Bangkok from the 15th to the 19th May 2023. The annual session is an…
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Restore A Sense of I Can – Trinidad and Tobago
Restore a sense of I Can The SI Presidents Appeal for 2021 – 2023, ‘Opening Doors to a Bright Future’ announces our collaboration with ‘Restore a Sense of I Can’ (RSC) for the fourth project instalment. Having initially started at the beginning of this year, the RSC and SI President’s Appeal project will run until…
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CCPCJ32 Side Event: Ending Harmful Practices
Next week marks the start of the 32nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna. We are proud to be supporting an event on Thursday, 25th May at 8am BST (9am CEST) called “Ending Harmful Practices: Preventing Violence and Ensuring Access to Justice – Good Practices”. This is…
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Our Voice at the UN: Leadership Series (New York)
Our Voice at the UN: Leadership Series At the international offices of the United Nations all over the world, our representatives play a critical role in advancing the mission of Soroptimist International, ensuring that the voices, perspectives, and experiences of women and girls are heard and considered in all decision-making processes. As an international organisation…
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CCDO Womens Empowerment Report
Having recently celebrated one year since the SI Presidents Appeal 2021 – 2023 ‘Opening Doors to a Bright Future’ launched in Cambodia, our partners at the Cambodia Community Dream Organisation (CCDO) have continued to work with local authorities and stakeholders to educate, empower, and enable rural women and girls to build self-confidence, develop self-esteem, and…
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Looking back on…. CSocD
The 61st session of the Commission on Social Development (CSocD) took place 6-15 February 2023, at the United Nations Headquarters in NY. Under the chairmanship of Ambassador Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani of Qatar the session was held entirely in person for the first time since 2020. The priority theme for this session was “Creating productive…
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CSW67 in Numbers
CSW is one of the biggest events in the Soroptimist International calendar. Not only do we host our own Parallel Events, our Soroptimists participate as panellists for many more. A huge delegation attends the event in New York each year, and those who can’t attend in person join as virtual delegates, something which had continued…