Awareness, Advocacy and Action on Violence Against Women and Girls
SI President Sharon Fisher’s The Road to Equality President’s Appeal – strategically focuses on taking Action and Advocating on topics affecting women and girls, including Child Marriage, Female Genital Mutilation, Domestic Violence, Rights of Older Women, Migration, and Human Trafficking.
The Appeal incorporates a mix of projects, alongside information, and education, to build awareness and engage Soroptimists and friends through discussion. A recent addition to the programme are the SI Voices Webinars, where you can hear from a range of experts and grassroots activists on the key subjects.
Through access to tools, facts and stories, we believe that each of us will be able to raise our capacity to be a global voice for women on our journey towards achieving gender equality. The topics and pages below will develop and expand over time, so please do revisit this page regularly.
Female Genital Mutilation
It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone
Domestic Violence
1 in 3 women throughout the world (35%) will experience physical and/or sexual violence by
Older Persons
Older women account for 54% of the global population aged 60 years and above, and
Child Marriage
Worldwide, more than 650 million women alive today were married as children. Child marriage, or
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