Tag: Technology
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Digital Gender Violence: Towards Transformative Policies and Partnerships in the Beijing+30 Framework – Panel One
Occupy Cyberspace: The Urgent Need for International Digital Protections Blog by Elizabeth Peterson, 2024–2026 North Atlantic Region Governor from Soroptimist International of the Americas, Connecticut Shoreline Club This CSW69 side event provided a powerful discussion on the urgent need to address technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TF-GBV). With a distinguished panel of speakers including Ms. Silvana…
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Changing face of violence against women
Blog by Margaret Daly, SI Communications Manager The CSW69 event, “The Changing Face of Violence,” focused on online violence against women and girls. In 2025, 30 years after the 4th World Conference on Women, achieving gender equality is more urgent than ever due to the global polycrisis and rising opposition to women’s rights. Opening remarks…
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Unveiling the Shadows in the Trafficking of Women and Girls
Written by Linda Witong, SI Advocacy Advisor 2024-2025 The annual World Day Against Trafficking in Persons takes place on 30 July. In this blog and accompanying podcast episode Soroptimist International marks this day by looking at the trafficking women and girls. Different types of human trafficking Women and girls are often lured into trafficking by…
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Gender Inequality in the Digital Sector
SI United Nations Representative in Geneva, Donatella Benjamin, explains how digital exclusion affects women and girls in many ways, including online and in business.
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Solidarity of NGOs Facing the Pandemic: Communication and Culture
SI United Nations (UN) Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the third instalment in her series of blogs about how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog focuses on Communication, Information, and Culture. “To face the consequences of the global COVID-19 crisis, the mobilisation of local associations and NGO partners of the…
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Digital technology and Social Change
SI UN Representative, Maria Fornella, discusses why it is crucial to consider the impact of the digital revolution on social change and what that means for defending the right of women and girls.
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World Summit for the Information Society, Session 12 – Gender Mainstreaming
Stacy Ciulik attends World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) Geneva 2019, Session 12 on Gender Mainstreaming