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  Image: The SISWP conference logo incorporates the 13 petals of a flower reflecting the flags of the 13 Federation countries Soroptimists from SI South West Pacific (SISWP) are gathering for the Federation’s 19th Biennial Conference of Clubs in Kuching, Malaysia, which opens on Thursday.  Soroptimists from the 13 SISWP countries will be joined by…

  Image: map showing location of Dominican Republic in red (Author: Rei-Artur, shared via Creative Commons) On Saturday 26th April, Soroptimist International welcomed its newest Club and first in the Dominican Republic: Soroptimist International Santo Domingo.  There are now Soroptimist International clubs in 129 countries and territories worldwide. “I’m delighted to see that the 20…

Check out a snapshot of what Soroptimists are doing to support women and girls around the world in this round up of club projects reported in the last month! From job skills for girls in the USA to visiting the elderly in Israel and Australia, educating women about their health in Benin, economic empowerment through…

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and world figures will participate in the official commemoration of the Rwanda genocide today, during which at least 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed in 1994 in three months of bloodletting that followed the death of the then-president Juvenal Habyarimana. "We will…

  Photo: Malaria medicine distributed by community group Mamas Optimistas in Angola, funded by Soroptimist clubs Denmark 7 April is World Health Day and this year the World Health Organisation (WHO) is highlighting the serious and increasing threat of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, schistosomiasis, and yellow fever, carried by mosquitoes,…

It may feel like big UN meetings like the  Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which finished last week, while exciting, don’t directly relate to local club work. They do!  For a start, the work that Soroptimists do for women and girls in their communities and beyond shapes SI’s advocacy positions. SI’s "key asks"…

After two weeks of negotiations at  the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Governments passed a set of Agreed Conclusions on this year’s priority theme: progress and challenges in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, with an eye towards the creation ofnew development goals in 2015.  Over 50 Soroptimist delegates were there during the session…

  A new website has been launched to promote the 20th Soroptimist International Convention, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey,  9-12 July 2015.  Soroptimist International Conventions take place every four years, bringing together Soroptimists from around the world to meet,  develop friendships, learn from one another, hear from expert speakers and be inspired! The…

With 3000 clubs in 127 countries and territories around the world, Soroptimist International undertakes a wide range of projects to help women and girls around the world. This round up of club projects reported in February and March 2014 gives a snapshot of some recent Soroptimist activity. Some projects described meet a local need, like…

  African Soroptimists have made significant progress towards the establishment of a Soroptimist International Africa Federation at a Conference in Pretoria, South Africa (20-22 March). “The Conference has been exciting and enriching and I am delighted that key resolutions have been passed”, says Soroptimist International President Ann Garvie. Read President Ann’s full message. Soroptimists from…