Category: Blog
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Thinking on it – Mariet Verhoef-Cohen at the 85th SIGBI Conference
President Mariet welcomed everyone and remarked that as Bournemouth styles itself the ‘Coast with the most’ today, it must be the Coast with the most Soroptimists! A fitting place therefore for this her final official SI President’s presentation.
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Have we reached a positive tipping point on the climate crisis?
A report from the week long 6th Annual Subcommittee Meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, 7 – 11 October 2019, held at the United Nations, Nairobi.
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Strengthening partnerships between Non-governmental Organisations and the United Nations
SI UN Representative, Marie Christine Gries attended the UNESCO preparations for the 40th General Conference, 207th session of the Executive Board meeting, Committee of Non-Governmental Partners (NGP), Friday 11 October 2019. Here she explains the important role that NGO’s hold at the United Nations.
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Our Actions are our Future – the journey towards a zero hunger world
World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. This year focused on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 – Zero Hunger, with the theme Our Actions Are Our Future Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger World. Liliana Mosca reports.
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Generation Equality: Realising women’s rights for an equal future
From Biarritz to Beijing 25 – Generation Equality, took place on September 23, 2019, at the UN in New York. SI UN Representative, Barbara Rochman reports.
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The Journey to Age Equality
‘The Journey to Age Equality’ was the theme for the 2019 celebration of International Day of Older Persons (1 October), at the United Nations in New York, Organised by the NGO Committee on Ageing, and aligned with Sustainable Development Goal 10.
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Women and Precariousness
SI UN Representative, Evelyne Para, blogs about her experience at the Laboratory of Equality’s ‘Women and Precariousness, State of Play, Challenges, Perspectives’ meeting held earlier this month.
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8th Annual Girls Speak Out
Since 2012, the UN has marked 11 October as the International Day of the Girl. The ‘Girls Speak Out’ 2019 meeting was organised by the Working Group on Girls, in partnership with the Governments of Canada, Peru, and Turkey, and delivered an opportunity for girls’ activists from around the world to call on world leaders…
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Born a girl
SI UN Representative, Paris, Evelyne Para, reports. “Today, we are more than 7.7 billion people all over the world. For cultural, economic or social reasons, men are more and more numerous, to the detriment of women. In some parts of the world, it is not good to be a woman, and the birth of a…
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UN Human Rights Council 42: Women & Addictions
SI UN Representative in Geneva, Berthe De Vos, attends the United Nations Human Rights Council 42: ‘Women and Addiction’ panel discussion, and considers the issues surrounding women and addiction and the provision of their human rights.