Author: watchthedot
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“FEEDING THE FORGOTTEN”: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 2 IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
Food is intrinsic for survival and is a fundamental human right. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 posits that by 2030, it is aimed that hunger and malnutrition will be eradicated. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, this goal may never materialise. While the world is focused on the arrival of a vaccine; governments anxiously wanting to…
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Soroptimist International HLPF Report 2020
Soroptimist International announces its report to the 2020 High-Level Political Forum, ‘The Road to Equality: The Sustainable Development Goals, Women & Girls’.
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Beijing+25: Women and the Environment
As the first in our series of blogs relating to the twelve critical areas of concern outlined in the Beijing Platform for Action, Janet Hall Schempf, Environmental Impact Analyst, Habitat Biologist, and SIA Member, examines the impact of environmental changes on progress towards gender equality in the world today.
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Water, Sanitation, and Climate Action
SI Advocacy Advisor, Pat black reports from the UN High-Level Virtual Panel Meeting, ‘Accelerating Implementation of the 2030 Agenda through Water, Sanitation and Climate Action’.
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The SDGs: Where do Southeast Asian Women and Girls Stand?
SI’s UN Representative in Bangkok, Theresa Devasahayam, reflects on the findings of the 3rd South-East Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals held last October at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Let’s Reinvent School, following COVID-19 crisis
School closings around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic pose an unprecedented threat to the education, protection and well-being of children. What about that exactly? Can we speak of a sacrificed 2020 generation? Should we accelerate the implementation of a 3.0 Education?
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Civil Society Participation at the United Nations
The active participation of civil society in UN forums is crucial in order to secure that UN efforts respond to the needs of the people it oversees.
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Our Voice at the UN
This month’s edition focuses on the work of SI’s United Nations representatives in Nairobi.
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Soroptimist International – an open letter
In a flash our world changed and during recent days we have observed senseless acts of racism as well as blatant violence against peaceful demonstrators and attacks against the Press, which saddens and disheartens us all. As a global organisation we, Soroptimist International strongly believe in Freedom of Speech and Peaceful Assembly that are fundamental…
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Resolution 1325 and the Recognition of Women as PeaceMakers
It is almost twenty years since the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the Resolution 1325. This resolution acknowledged the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and girls.