Category: News
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Soroptimist projects from SI of Europe tackling Violence Against Women and Girls
In recognition of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, SI takes a look at projects from Soroptimist International of Europe that focus on violence against women and girls.
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#3 Your Voice at the United Nations
The third edition of ‘Your Voice at the United Nations’ includes articles on Corporate Social Responsibility and Trafficking in Crisis Situations.
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Soroptimist projects from SI South West Pacific tackling Violence Against Women and Girls
In recognition of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign, SI takes a look at a handful of projects from Soroptimist International of South West Pacific that focus on violence against women and girls.
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Water at the heart of Climate Change Solutions COP23
SI President, Mariet Verhoef-Cohen visited the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which took place 6-17 November in Bonn. Mariet spoke at three events, including reporting on the progress of The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture, (WASAG) on Water Action Day 10 November.…
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#2 Your Voice at the United Nations
October – November’s edition of ‘Your Voice at the United Nations’ includes articles on the Climate-Change Migration nexus and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty ‘A Sustainable Society for All Ages: Realising the potential of living longer’ The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Ministerial Conference on Ageing was held from 21-22 September…
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CSW62 Written Statement
The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018. The theme is Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls. For the empowerment of rural women of all ages and girls…
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SI Announces Webinars for November 2017
November, sees the first in a series of exciting new interactive webinars organised by Soroptimist International for the Soroptimist membership. As part of the SI Leadership Development programme, November will see four Webinars covering SDG 5 & 6 and the President’s Appeal ‘Women, Water & Leadership’.
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Reaching Out To Rural Women
SI Club Ba, Fiji, ran a project called ‘SI Youths Reaching Out to Rural Women and Girls and Educating Them for Better Health & Better Life’, working with women from four villages of Navala, Namau, Nadrugu and Tabuquto, inland from the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji.
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Meet the SI NGO CSW/New York Interns for 2017/18
Each year, NGO CSW/NY has between five to eight interns to help facilitate the mission of the committee to achieve gender equality, and to help with the customer service during the actual Commission. Since 2016, Soroptimist International has sponsored the internship programme. Here, we get to know a little about the interns for 2017/2018.
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SI in Geneva
The SI Leadership Development Committee’s (LDC) purpose is to provide training for SI Directors, Position Holders and potential postholders. We aim to empower SI Directors to meet their governance responsibilities, enable SI Position Holders to be fully informed and to attract informed Soroptimists to apply for SI posts. As we know through our Soroptimist Programme…