Category: News
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The 68th Civil Society Conference Salt Lake City Begins with Celebration and Challenge!
The Opening Plenary at the 68th Civil Society Conference Salt Lake City included welcomes from UN and NGO leaders, including youth leadership and local and state representatives. Dawn Marie Lemonds reports.
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Soroptimists attend the UN Civil Society Convention
The 68th UN Civil Society Conference took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA on 26-28 August 2019. The focus of the Conference was Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11, ‘to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable by 2030’, and explored the interlinkages between the 17 SDGs, including critical issues relating to…
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SI Board reaches unanimous decision on the charter of the Africa Federation
At the Soroptimist International (SI) Board meeting on 17 July 2019, preceding the 21st SI International Convention, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the SI Board made the unanimous decision to approve of the SI Africa Federation Charter application submitted to Soroptimist International for a fifth SI Federation subject to the two thousand membership criteria being met and…
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Destined to make a difference – for Imme
Irmeli Torsonen demonstrated her empathy and humanity throughout her life and through her SI President’s Appeals. “It is the friendship of women around the world that can and does make a difference” Irmeli Torsonen
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An Open Letter on Women, Peace and Security and Sustainable Development
August 2019 Calling on UN Member states to “raise the bar” on sustainable development, gender equality, and peace 12 August, 2019, New York, NY – The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) announces the release of an Open Letter to the Group of Friends of 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and the…
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Kuala Lumpur Convention 19 July 2019 Part One
Sessions and Speakers from the morning of Day One – SI 21st Convention Kuala Lumpur 2019
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Soroptimist International HLPF Report 2019
Soroptimist International announces a report created in advance of the HLPF 2019, which will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019.
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Your Voice at the United Nations
This month’s edition contains articles from Soroptimist International’s United Nations Representatives in Rome, Geneva and Paris, and discusses the role of family farming in reaching the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the presentation of the latest UN Human Rights Report, and news from the think tank ‘Action for Equality’, in Paris.
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International Widow’s Day
Widowhood can affect women of any age and it has been estimated that there are up to 258 million widows around the world. Approximately 1.36 million are child widows, facing the ‘triple’ disadvantage of gender, marital status and immaturity.
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The Wave – Soroptimists support the SI President’s Appeal 2017-2019
In an event organised by SI Club Zottegem, SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen joined one hundred people from the Belgium Union, and was presented with a donation to the SI President’s Appeal.