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International Past President Margaret Lobo, and SI South West Pacific Federation Programme Director recently represented Soroptimist International at the Commonwealth People’s Forum and Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.  The Commonwealth People’s Forum: The value, structure and status of the Commonwealth were the subject of much debate and discussion, in light of the limited budget and…

“Sustainability is about women” – Mr Sha Zukang, UN under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs. This remark, made by the UN Under Secretary General of the Rio+20 Conference at the International Forum on Women and Sustainable Development in Beijing, underlines the important and urgent need for women’s organisations to appreciate and promote the…

Soroptimist International has submitted a written statement to the 56th Commission on the Status of Women. The CSW 56 will be held in New York from 27th February until 9th March 2012 in New York. "The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges." With a name…

More than 50 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burma, Bhutan and Nepal were welcomed to Townsville at a picnic on October 30th, 2011. This event was organised to continue the vital work of SI Townsville in providing support and friendship to refugee women and their families, for which they won a 2010…

Soroptimist International celebrated reaching its £1million fundraising target for Hope and Home for Children’s lifesaving work with women and children in Sierra Leone. The roof nearly flew off the Dome Theatre in Brighton at the Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland annual conference when the news was announced on October 28 2011. Soroptimist International works…

Soroptimist International has added its support to the Rio+20 Women Major Stakeholder’s Group Statement. SI has been represented by SI UN Representative Alice Odingo during the meetings and discussions on this statement. The Global Women’s Major Group submission is submitted in response to the request for input by the Secretariat for the UN Conference on…

Soroptimist International is delighted to launch the 2010 – 2011 Best Practice Awards book. The winners for each of the programme focus objectives have contributed an article describing their project – in many cases, this article is presented in English and in their home language. To download the 2010 – 2011 Best Practice Awards Book,…

Soroptimist International is delighted to launch ‘Educate to Lead – A Fairy Tale Story’. Launched at the Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland conference in Brighton last week, the film is designed to raise awareness of the SI global focus, education and leadership, and provide the perfect tool to introduce the issue to clubs…

Civil society representatives gathered in Perth today for the start of the three-day Commonwealth People’s Forum to discuss and debate key issues facing Commonwealth People. The Forum was officially opened by the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia in a ceremony also addressed by Premier of Western Australia, The Hon. Colin Barnett MLA, Commonwealth…

SI’s UN Representative to the Food and Agricultural Organisation, Cinzia Palmi, attended the Committee on Food Security, 17 – 22 October 2011. This session coincided with World Food Week. During the World Food Week several meetings were held, mainly on food price volatility, voluntary guidelines on land tenure and natural resources, gender, food security and…