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"Soroptimist International of the South West Pacific welcomes Theresa Lyford as President for the 2016-2018 Biennium. Theresa’s theme for her Biennium is "Shaping our Future – Innovate, Inform, Inspire"   Image:  Incoming SISWP President Theresa Lyford introduces Innovate, Inform, Inspire for the 2016-2018 Biennium. Project challenge – Soroptimists: Be the Changemakers; #EpitomizeSoroptimists; call to dream…

Without ensuring that financing for development compliments the needs of sustainable development, it will be impossible to make the transformative change that governments committed to in 2015. SI UN Rep Marie D’Amato-Rizzi attended the ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development (FfD Forum) which followed up on decisions made at the Third International Conference on Financing…

  Just before midnight, on the 24 March, governments, civil society and other organisations celebrated the adoption of CSW60’s agreed conclusions. These celebrations came after nearly 80 hours of negotiations, and the conclusions will help develop how gender equality will be included in development efforts moving forward. “Countries gave gender inequality an expiry date: 2030.…

In a message for International Day of Sport for Development and Peace,  6 April, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "Sport promotes health and well-being. It fosters tolerance, mutual understanding and peace. … It empowers, inspires and unites."   During the Soroptimist International 16 Days of Activism campaign, we had the opportunity to interview Sonyanga Ole Ngais,…

  Image:  Rt. Hon President Mrs. Bidhya Devi Bhandari shaking hands with Prince Harry at the Inaugural Session of the Nepal Girl Summit. DPM Mr. CP Mainali looks on. Photo by Prakash Mathema  NEWS: KATHMANDU, 23 March 2016 – On Wednesday March 23rd Nepal hosted its first ever Girl Summit as part of its commitment,…

Ann Garvie, Soroptimist International Immediate Past President 2013-2015, brings news of the Conference on the Future Federation of Africa, held in Madagascar on 17- 19 March 2016, the second all African meeting, following the event held two years ago in Pretoria, South Africa.     Image: SIE Immediate Past President Ulla Madsen, Vice President Extension…

Violence against women and girls is a fundamental human rights violation being committed on a pandemic scale. This year the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) will focus on two themes, with one being ‘the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls’.  Soroptimist International, joined by a range of…