Category: News
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SI Announces Assistant Director of Advocacy 2017-19
Soroptimist International is delighted to announce the appointment of Hafdís Karlsdóttir as SI Assistant Director of Advocacy for the next biennium 2017 – 2019.
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Women Economic Forum EU The Hague 27 – 28 January
Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, President-Elect of Soroptimist International (SI) and President, Women for Water Partnership (WfWP), is to be honoured at the Women Economic Forum – EU (WEF-EU)
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Rome FAO – Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition
Report on the International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition, Rome, FAO, 1-2 December 2016. by SI UN Representative, Liliana Mosca Responding to the mounting impacts of malnutrition on public health and economic development, estimated to cost $3.5 trillion per year, a shift to healthier diets and food systems was…
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Malaysia to host 21st SI Convention
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia will be home to the 21st Soroptimist International Convention in 2019
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SI UN Rep Paris Elected to NGO Liaison Committee
On 12-14 December, the International Conference of NGOs took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, under the theme, ‘The challenge of the digital revolution for NGOs’. This conference was attended by Soroptimist International UN representatives to Paris, Marie-Christine Gries and Rina Dupriet; together with Soroptimist International Director of Advocacy, Pat Black; Soroptimist International President…
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SIE partners with My Book Buddy to Combat Illiteracy
Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE), the largest Federation of the worldwide organization of women in management and professions, will partner with the Dutch organization, My Book Buddy (MBB), to provide disadvantaged women and girls with greater access to books
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Soroptimists In Malta
The SIGBI 2016 Conference took place over the course of three days – 10-12 November 2016, and what a Conference it was. Here Pat Black reports for us from Malta, a place of sunshine, Soroptimist friendship and inspired key note speakers.
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Educate to Lead: Nepal and AHF
The 2015-2017 Soroptimist International President’s Appeal, Educate to Lead: Nepal, is working in partnership with the Australian Himalayan Foundation
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SI sponsors Intern Programme at the UN
Every year NGO CSW/NY has between 5 and 8 interns to help facilitate the mission of the committee to achieve Gender Equality, and to do the bulk of the customer service during the actual Commission.
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International Round Table on Child Trafficking
The International Round Table was held on 30 September 2016 at the Haus der Europäischen Union, Wipplingerstraße 35, Vienna, and organized by the Regional Implementation Initiative on Preventing & Combating Human Trafficking