Author: watchthedot
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Findings from the ‘World Drug Report: Women and Drugs’.
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, provides insight into the ‘World Drug Report: Women and Drugs’ from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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Are we achieving the SDG’s for all?
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, reports from the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
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Recommendations to the G7 Summit, 2019
SI UN Rep, Marie-Christine blogs about the Women 7 Forum in Paris and the recommendations that will be made to the G7 Summit in August.
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100 years of the International Labour Organisation
A blog by SI UN Rep in Geneva, following her attendance at the plenary sitting of the 108th Session of the ILC.
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The Future of Food
SI UN Representative, Liliana Mosca, discusses the importance of protecting balanced, sustainable, local diets in the fight against hunger.
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Soroptimist International HLPF Report 2019
Soroptimist International announces a report created in advance of the HLPF 2019, which will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019.
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Protecting the Rights of Older Persons
SI UN Rep in New York, Frances Zainoeddin, discusses the need for a convention on the rights of Older Persons.
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Lombok Indonesia ‘Earthquake Recovery through Water, Shelter and Capacity Building’
Soroptimist clubs SI Jakarta and SI Kemang proposed projects for the SI President’s Appeal, ‘Women, Water & Leadership’ in Lombok and Palu respectively, and in March 2019, SI Jakarta commenced work in the Rebuk Satu village in Rembitan, Central Lombok – home to 31 families, approximately 124 people. In mid-April a water well equipped with…
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Access to water, organic farming and new careers, for women and girls in rural Malaysia #WWLSoroptimist
SI Region of Malaysia proposed a progressive project ‘Clean Water for Rural Communities’ to take place in Sarawak and Sabah on the island of Borneo. With Phase one of the project, part of the SI President’s Appeal, ‘Women, Water & Leadership’ now completed, we are excited to bring you news of successes to date, and…
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Your Voice at the United Nations
This month’s edition contains articles from Soroptimist International’s United Nations Representatives in Rome, Geneva and Paris, and discusses the role of family farming in reaching the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the presentation of the latest UN Human Rights Report, and news from the think tank ‘Action for Equality’, in Paris.