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  • The Promise of Action – Opening Day at the HLPF 2018

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    The UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), opened on Monday 9 July 18 July. SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, SI Director of Advocacy Bev Bucur and the SI UN Representatives, New York, joined more than a thousand government, business, and civil society leaders to discuss progress made by countries towards the Sustainable Development Goals…

  • SI Nordic Days – Using it without Losing it

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    The annual Nordic Soroptimist meeting was held on 22 and 23 June 2018 in the Icelandic town of Akureyri with the theme ‘Our Environment and Energy – Using it without Losing it’. Over 180 Soroptimists from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Switzerland were inspired by nine influential speakers on the theme.

  • Kenya Delegation Post CSW62 Forum

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    A blog by Mary Muia, SI UN Representative Nairobi “At the 62nd Session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) New York, 12-23 March 2018, The head of the Government of Kenya delegation was Professor Margaret Kobia, PhD, EBS, Cabinet Secretary (CS), Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs. Prior to the…

  • WORLD REFUGEE DAY

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    The United Nations World Refugee Day is celebrated on 20 June every year. The world celebrates so that we do not forget the needs and contributions of those millions of people who have fled their countries because of conflict or persecution, and are in fear of returning.

  • Water, Women and the rise of Plastic Pollution

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    On World Environment Day, Bev Bucur takes a closer look at what is in the water.

  • Climate Justice – what does it mean?

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    Speakers at a recent conference organised by UNA House, Edinburgh, Scotland discussed the importance for every country and every individual to play their part in mitigating the effects of climate change, especially global warming.

  • Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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    On 3 May 2018, Utrecht University celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a keynote address and panel discussion entitled ‘Leadership in Human Rights, Diversity, and Inclusion’.

  • SIFAF Conference Marrakech and the Soroptimist Boarding House

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    A blog by Inge Withof, SIE Assistant Programme Director “When the Soroptimist International Future African Federation (SIFAF) Conference was announced, I immediately had the idea to go there to support our Soroptimist Sisters and support the foundation of the new African SI Federation. Moreover, I have never been to Africa so for me it was…

  • Raising the baton for Australian Soroptimists

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    by Catherine Heiner, Publicity Officer, SI Bayside “SI Australian President, Ralda Forzin, participated in the Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR), raising the baton high for Australian Soroptimists. The Queen’s Baton arrived at the Opening Ceremony of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last Wednesday. Having just returned from New York, Ralda attended the UN Commission on the…

  • Healthy Women, Healthy Families – Supporting Project Sothea in Cambodia

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    In November 2017, Soroptimist International of Singapore (SIS) supported a team of medical students from the National University of Singapore and 12 practising Singaporean doctors, whose mission it was to provide basic health screening and health literacy to villagers residing in the villages of Dangkut Thnong and Anlong Svay, in the Banan district of Battambang,…