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Written by Past International President Patsy Daniels and Dawn Marie Lemonds. In 1995, 189 Member States of the United Nations (UN) came to Beijing for the 10-day Fourth World Conference on Women (4WCW) to ratify the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA), which was to become the blueprint for women’s equality

A round-up of just some of the projects taking place this year to build a greener future. SI Townsville Breakwater, Region: SI North Queensland, Australia. As Townsville is a City located in the tropics in the north of the Australian State of Queensland, it is a gateway to the Great

In a continuation of the SI series of blogs on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action we discuss the gains and losses seen in women’s health. “The right to the highest attainable standard of health is broadly recognised as a fundamental human right. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for

A blog by Stacy Ciulik, SI UN Representative, Geneva The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system. Its mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world and to address human rights violations as well as make recommendations on them.

Willing Hearts International Society of Canada (WHISCA) and Soroptimist International Eldoret, Kenya Youth Leadership and Mentoring Training Camp, October 24th – October 31st 2019 by Cathy Coyte "On Thursday 24 October 2019, 118 teenage girls travelled from all over Kenya to Msembe in Lugari District of Kakamega County in Western

Project Sierra: A Family and a Future was a four year partnership from 2007 – 2011, between Soroptimist International and the UK based international Non Governmental (NGO), Hope and Homes for Children. At that time, Sierra Leone was facing the challenge of reconstructing physical and social infrastructures after a decade

Restoring Dignity is former SI President Margaret Lobo’s President’s Appeal for 2007 - 2008, securing a future for women in Ethiopia suffering from obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is a medical condition and occurs due to prolonged or obstructed labour, resulting in a tear between the vagina, bladder or rectum.  Obstetric fistula can

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THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS PIVOTAL RESOLUTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION The draft resolution A/HRC/L.20 on the elimination of female genital mutilation (FGM) was recently adopted by the Human Rights Council in its 44th Session. This comes as a pleasant news for FGM survivors, anti-FGM activists and

Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) have been actively working towards its implementation, through projects, initiatives, advocacy, knowledge-sharing, and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda. MGoS often work in partnership with other sectors, including governments. Major Groups and other Stakeholders are also active in the annual follow-up and review process of

A blog by Evelyne PARA, SI UN Representative at UNESCO. "School closings around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic pose an unprecedented threat to the education, protection, and well-being of children. What does this mean exactly? Can we speak of a sacrificed 2020 generation? Should we accelerate the

Human Trafficking/Modern Day Slavery is global human rights violation impacting 4-6 million people annually - 71% of them women and girls, and is considered by traffickers as an easy way to make money - low risk, and a renewable resource. Although not exclusively a crime that impacts women and girls, it

Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation in the countries where the practice is concentrated. Furthermore, there

"Without migration, societies worldwide would never have achieved their current level of development... travel and communications have become faster and easier, people are moving from country to country in even greater numbers....Yet the structural factors driving migration, demographic imbalances, economic inequalities, conflict, disasters and the impacts of climate change, are

A blog by Marion Prechtl "Of persons infected with COVID-19, the course of the disease is severe, dramatic or even fatal (at a reported percentage between 1% and 15%), with the highest percentage in older persons. The media emphasise that this disease is the disease of older people. In view