Category: Blog
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The Future We Want: Youth Take Centre Stage
Blog of Shaleen Wanjiru & Mary Muia SI UN Representatives, Nairobi. The recent UN Civil Society Conference (UNCSC) in Nairobi marked a significant step towards shaping the “Future We Want.” This gathering of diverse voices, with a strong contingent of young activists, served as a crucial springboard for the upcoming Summit of the Future in…
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The World Programme for Human Rights Education
Blog drafted on the report of SI UN Representatives in Geneva, Berthe De Vos; SI Advocacy Advisor, Linda Witong; and Tania Gómez Herazo. In an increasingly interconnected and digital world, human rights education (HRE) becomes ever more critical. The forthcoming fifth phase of the World Programme for Human Rights Education (WPHRE) for the period 2025-2029,…
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Artificial Intelligence; New Scenarios
Blog of Stefania Briganti, from Soroptimist International Europe Federation. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most transformative technologies of our time, impacting sectors like healthcare, finance, transportation, entertainment, education, and industry. It has revolutionised how we live, work, and interact by improving efficiency, reducing costs, and increasing accuracy. However, AI also presents…
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Closing the gender gap in Science: Call to Action!
Blog of Evelyne Para, SI Representative at UNESCO. Earlier this year, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February 2024, this ‘Call to Action’ was addressed by UNESCO in collaboration with institutions and civil society partners to the global community: to policy-makers, universities, research and educational institutions, funding organisations…
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Older Women Count and Should be Counted
Blog of Frances Zainoeddin, SI UN Representative in New York. I call on women of all ages to support the drafting of an international legally binding instrument (a United Nations “Convention”) to protect the rights of older persons everywhere. From 20 to 24 May 2024, the Fourteenth Session of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group…
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Unveiling the Shadows in the Trafficking of Women and Girls
Written by Linda Witong, SI Advocacy Advisor 2024-2025 The annual World Day Against Trafficking in Persons takes place on 30 July. In this blog and accompanying podcast episode Soroptimist International marks this day by looking at the trafficking women and girls. Different types of human trafficking Women and girls are often lured into trafficking by…
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The UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Blog of Evelyne Para, SI UN Representative at UNESCO. In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been rapidly integrated into all our environments, professional, domestic and other. New AI-related technologies are increasingly reshaping the way we work, interact and live. The rapid rise of AI has created numerous opportunities globally, from facilitating health diagnostics to…
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The Current Digital Age: What we as Soroptimists can do for Women and Girls
Blog of Theresa Devasahayam, SI UN Representative in Bangkok. Following from Resolution 79/10 of 19 May 2023 which focused on implementing the Information Superhighway Initiative, 2022–2026, the 80th Commission Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) convened a ministerial conference on digital inclusion and transformation in April 2024. The…
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Driving accountability and leadership: the global platform for gender equality in and through education
Side event at CSW68 organised by UNESCO, UNICEF, United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative, Population Council, SDG4 Youth and Student Network Written by Tania Gómez Herazo (Soroptimist International of Belgium – Club Aalst) Gender equality in education with data insight Meredith Kozak from Population Council presented the global accountability dashboard for gender equality in education. This database…
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Her Power: education to advance gender equality
European Union side event at CSW68 Written by Tania Gómez Herazo (Soroptimist International of Belgium – Club Aalst) Education and gender equality Many events at CSW68 stressed that education’s role in escaping abusive situations and eradicating Poverty is crucial. António Guterres, the Secretary General at the UN, highlighted during his speech the importance of education…