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News from the Lugari Community Resource Centre – Road to Equality
time has not stood still in Lugari, and throughout the pandemic, additional Appeal funding was granted to restart construction work on the Lugari Community Resource Centre, which was previously paused due to a lack of funds. With your help, accommodation will be ready and available for the girls attending the camp.
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30th Session of the Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Vienna
Blog by Linda Witong, SI Special Advisor to Advocacy Read SI’s Written Statement submitted to CCPCJ30 HERE. Watch SI’s Oral Statement delivered at CCPCJ30 below, and read the transcript HERE.
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Collaboration, Cooperation and Commitment: Post-Pandemic Recovery Strategies in Asia
The seventy-seventh session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), held from 26 to 29 April 2021, was aimed at discussing the necessary steps countries in Asia and the Pacific should anticipate taking to rebuild their economies in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme of the meeting, “Building…
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SI Position Paper: Women and Drugs
The use of the whole spectrum of drugs has become a major source of threat to the health of women and girls. In 2018, an estimated 269 million people worldwide, including women or girls, continued to use drugs including opioids. The restrictions on movement, gatherings and social distancing which were imposed to counter the COVID-19…
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World Environment Day 2021: Tree Planting in Kibera, Nairobi
Soroptimists have always been dedicated to addressing the issues related to the environment. The first-ever Soroptimist project was to ‘Save the Redwoods’, which was launched by the first Soroptimist club formed in 1921 in Alameda County, California made up of over 80 business and professional women. The great ancient Redwood trees were being felled. Soroptimists…
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Announcing Lee Ann Cochran, as President’s Appeal Coordinator for the SI President’s Appeal, 2021-2023.
Soroptimist International is delighted to announce Lee Ann Cochran, as President’s Appeal Coordinator for the next Soroptimist International President’s Appeal, 2021-2023.
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Reclaiming Space for Civil Society at the United Nations
Maria Fornella-Oehninger, SI United Nations Representative in New York, gives us an insight to how spaces for civil society are shrinking at the United Nations. Maria outlines how we have to continue efforts to engage NGOs and partners, to make real impactful change.
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Solidarity of NGOs Facing the Pandemic: Ecological Reconstruction
SI United Nations (UN) Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the final instalment in her series of blogs about how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog focuses on Ecological Reconstruction.
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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Health of Women and Girls?
Liz Batten, of SI Salisbury, continues the conversation on women and health, as discussed in her episode of SI Voices Podcast with this blog post focusing on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Solidarity of NGOs Facing the Pandemic: Communication and Culture
SI United Nations (UN) Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the third instalment in her series of blogs about how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog focuses on Communication, Information, and Culture. “To face the consequences of the global COVID-19 crisis, the mobilisation of local associations and NGO partners of the…