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  • An Update from Rose Academies’ Girls’ Scholarship Programme

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    The Soroptimist International President’s Appeal project, ‘Opening Doors to a Bright Future,’ is making strides towards empowering marginalised women, girls, and their communities. Focusing on delivering tangible benefits to the lives of women and girls, the President’s Appeal aims to provide quality support through education, mentorship programmes, and access to information to empower them to…

  • Summary of CSW67 Agreed Conclusions

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    The Agreed Conclusions for the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) were confirmed by Member States on 17 March 2023. This year’s priority theme was “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.” The document will…

  • The 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons

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    Earlier this month in Vienna, SI Advocacy Advisor, Linda Witong, participated in and delivered a speech for the Interactive Presentation for Civil Society, addressing the Global report on trafficking in persons 2022. The 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), provides a detailed overview…

  • Internet for Trust

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    Blog of Marie-Christine Gries, SI UN Representative at UNESCO, Paris. UNESCO promotes the regulation of digital platforms. To eliminate disinformation, and the various hates messages that multiply on social networks, UNESCO aims to find a global consensus on the regulation of digital communication. Based on the Universal Principles of Human Rights, it would be possible…

  • Values in Innovation: Women’s Engagement in Reimagining Digital Technologies

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    On Tuesday 7 March in New York, the Bahá’í International Community held an in-personal parallel event for CSW67. It was entitled “Values in Innovation: Women’s Engagement in Reimagining Digital Technologies” based around their statement to CSW67. There was a full room of like-minded delegates and representatives, including faith groups and NGOs such as Soroptimist International,…

  • Digital Democracy for Disasters

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    CSW67 offered us the opportunity to participate live at the United Nations in New York and learn from the speakers who shared information specific to their communities. One such event, organised by the Soroptimists from the Soroptimist International South East Asia Pacific (SISEAP) Federation, was held on Thursday 16 March. The event offered a fresh…

  • Inside CCDO’s Women’s Empowerment Programme in Siem Reap, Cambodia

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    For well over a year now, Soroptimist International (SI) has been partnered with the Cambodian Community Dream Organisation (CCDO) as part of the current SI President’s Appeal, ‘Opening Doors to a Bright Future’. The primary focus of this project has been to deliver education and learning throughout the life course of women and girls living…

  • It’s Important to Regulate Digital Platforms

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    Blog of Evelyne PARA, SI UN Representative at UNESCO Faced with the amplification of disinformation that is flourishing on social networks, UNESCO organised a world conference in Paris entitled “Internet for Trust”.   It was a first of its kind, which brought together more than 4000 participants: governments, independent regulators, digital companies, universities and civil…

  • CSW67: Agreed Conclusions

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    How could we possibly have reached conclusions?  I know that many Soroptimists like a good party and can enjoy themselves into the early hours of the morning but could you concentrate on important discussions into those early hours, debating intricate points of detail on an important international document with others?  Could you counter arguments put…

  • Rally for Older Women to Age with Rights in Rural Communities

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    Soroptimist International and the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People co-hosted a virtual CSW67 parallel event on Thursday 16 March, looking at how women in their older years are treated across the globe, and discussing what can be done to reduce the discrimination and violence they face.  Past President of Soroptimist International, Sharon…