Category: Blog
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The Pre-Summit of the United Nations Food Systems Summit
Liliana Mosca, SI United Nations Representative in Rome, blogs about the upcoming Pre-Summit of the United Nations Food Systems Summit.
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Gender Inequality in the Digital Sector
SI United Nations Representative in Geneva, Donatella Benjamin, explains how digital exclusion affects women and girls in many ways, including online and in business.
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High-level Political Forum 2021 Parallel Events
Co-chair of the NGO Committee on Social Development, Maria Fornella-Oehninger, gives us a rundown of the parallel events at this year’s High-level Political Forum (HLPF 2021).
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Paris Generation Equality 2021
The Generation Equality forum in Paris began on 30 June, 2021 with an opening ceremony of nearly four hours well used, on an intensive pace. The general tone was set from the address of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron: no political tongue-in-cheek, no evasive overflight, no laborious justifications on the slow progress…
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Are women ready for a digital future?
The world is going through a phase of profound change, which is disrupting the way we live, work and think. All over the world, the automation of low-skilled jobs is growing, and as a result these low-skilled jobs, often associated with repetitive tasks carried out by women, will gradually disappear, whilst people with higher levels…
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Employed Women, Empowered Women: The Mentari Sewing Studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Here is a project update from SI Damansara, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia where local women are being empowered with sewing and business skills.
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ILO C190 and the NGO Coalition to End Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
Blog by Maria Fornella-Oehninger, SI United Nations Representative in New York and Co-chair of the NGO Committee on Social Development. As part of the Global Action Week, 21-29 June 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is promoting the ratification of the Convention Concerning the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190).…
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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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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…