Category: Blog
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Water as a Driving Force for Peace and Stability
Blog of Janet Hall Schempf, from SI Anchorage, Alaska. The second World Water Day 2024 event held in New York, Water as a Driving Force for Peace and Stability focused on “how water can serve as a vehicle for peace and cooperation.” The presentations and comments were brief, and we were referred to the new…
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Celebrating World Water Day 2024
Blog of Janet Hall Schempf, from SI Anchorage, Alaska. In 1993, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared 22 March of each year World Day for Water. This day is set apart to raise awareness and appreciation of “the supply and quality of fresh water” and to promote water conservation and sustainable management. The importance…
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Creating a coalition of international and grassroots NGOs
Blog of SI Representative at UNESCO, Marie-Christine Gries. Creating a coalition of international and grassroots NGOs In November 2023, our representative at UNESCO, Marie-Christine Gries, had the honour of leading one of the three special sessions during the General Conference of Member States, to present the success stories of the collective work of UNESCO’s NGO…
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Monitoring progress towards Global Education
Blog of Evelyne PARA, SI UN Representative at UNESCO. On 7 – 9 February 2024, a Conference was organised at UNESCO Paris on Education Data and Statistics, by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) with support of UNESCO Education Sector. Since 2015, countries have been invited to set national targets as part of their participation in…
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YOUth Centered Future: Reflections from the 2024 CSW Youth Forum
Author: Sofia Calicchio During the 68th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), Soroptimist International youth participated in and engaged with the CSW Youth Forum on 15 to 17 March 2024. Effective and significant participation of youth, the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in policy discussions, and the use of technology in improving accountability within institutions…
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Closing the Gender Gap in Education: Long Term Barriers and Emerging Challenges
The Office of the President of the General Assembly and UN Women presented an in-person event at CSW68 titled ‘Closing the Gender Gap in Education: How to Address Long-term Barriers and Emerging Challenges in a World of Complex Crises? How can we make sure we are intersectional in closing the gender gap in education? An…
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Access to finances locally for Women through Gender Budgeting
On 14 March, Soroptimist International (SI) hosted an online parallel event during the Commission on the Status of Women in partnership with Women for Water Partnerships. The session featured key speakers Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, Lesha Witmer, and Maria Fornella, who delved into the critical relationship between gender equality and access to financial resources. SI Advocacy and…
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Socio-economic empowerment policies for HIV prevention
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organisation headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana. SADC hosted a side event at CSW68 on 15 March 2024 to discuss socio-economic empowerment policies for HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women. During the event, Nazneen Damji from UN Women stated that it is crucial to build resilience…
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CSW Side Event: Taiwan Coalition Against Violence
This article provides a review of the Taiwan Coalition Against Violence (TCAV) side event held during the Sixty-Eighth Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) earlier this month. Our reporter, Soroptimist international’s (SI) Advocacy Policy Advisor Hana Smith, in collaboration with Joseph Mason, SI’s Advocacy and Communications Coordinator, explore the key…
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The Intersections of Gender, Poverty and Climate Change
Soroptimist International President Siew Yong Gnanalingam opened the CSW68 parallel event/webinar, introducing the topic of gender poverty and climate change. President Siew Yong discussed how women are over exposed to the effects of poverty and climate change, illustrating how social factors restrict women’s access to resources, economic opportunities and decision making them more vulnerable to…