Author: watchthedot
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Soroptimist International Convention Dublin 2023
July 2023, Dublin, Ireland will host the highly anticipated Soroptimist International Convention, with the theme ‘Challenge the Future’.
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Commission on Population and Development
The fifty-fifth session of the UN Commission on Population and Development with the theme of Population and sustainable development, in particular sustained and inclusive economic growth.
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Building Equality through Multilateralism
Evelyne PARA, UN SI Representative at UNESCO discusses women’s leadership in multilateralism.
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End FGM – A Day in the Life of the Soroptimist Six
Nina Smart follows the work of Rugiatu Turray, member of the Soroptimist Six, as she advocates to end the practice of female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone.
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Our Voice at the UN
SI Advocacy Advisor, Bev Bucur, brings us an insightful overview of this year’s Commission on the Status of Women.
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SI Voices Webinar – Women: Conflict, Peace & Security
On 28 April Soroptimist International will host a virtual event with Stephenie Foster, Author of Take Action: Fighting for Women & Girls, a guide that covers the basics of activism and advocacy, offering big and small actions we can all take to shift social norms, change policies and practices, and empower people to fight for the rights and…
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Older Women’s Universal Right to Economic Security
Older women face disproportionate economic empowerment challenges. Immediate Past President, Sharon Fisher lead an important session at CSW66.
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Opening Doors to a Bright Future
Helen Harvey brings us the highlights from SI’s CSW66 Event, ‘Opening Doors to a Bright Future: Educating, Empowering and Enabling Women’.
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CSW66 Agreed Conclusions
Following many hours of discussion and negotiation, the Commission on the Status of Women in its 66th session (CSW66) finally adopted by consensus the Agreed Conclusions on the priority theme ‘Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies, and programmes.
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CSW66 – Grassroots Feminist Movement Responding to Climate Change
This CSW66 event focused on the feminisation of climate change by sharing women’s best practices from Nepal and Taiwan.