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President’s Post: International Literacy Day, 8 September 2017

Dear Soroptimists, As our IPP Yvonne is an expert in education and feels very strong about literacy and education I thought it would be a good initiative to ask Yvonne to write about Literacy for the Literacy Day, today 8 September! I would like to thank Yvonne for this great

President’s Post: My thoughts are with all who are suffering

Dear Soroptimists around the world, I write this from the World Water Week, Stockholm, where all 3,100 participants are following news of the terrible situation with heavy rain and storms in Texas and Louisiana in the USA and in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, South-Asia and more. My sympathy goes out to all the

President’s Post: Follow me at World Water Week

Dear Soroptimists, This coming Sunday is the kick-off for the World Water Week for a Water Wise World. World Water Week is a conference organised by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). The conference focuses on new thinking and positive action toward water-related challenges and their impact on the environment, health, climate,

SI President’s Post: Inaugural Speech – Mariet Verhoef-Cohen SI President 2017-2019

On Saturday 29 July 2017 Mariet Verhoef-Cohen was inaugurated as the Soroptimist International President, for the 2017 – 2019 biennium. During her First Board Meeting, which was attended by silent observers from the four SI Federations, Mariet delivered an engaging and informative speech, setting out her vision for the new

SI President’s Message: A Final Farewell

Dear Soroptimists and friends, This is my final President’s Post: a personal message to you all. The 2015 – 2017 biennium is now over and the 2017 - 2019 biennium starts under the competent and dedicated leadership of Mariet Verhoef – Cohen. I would like to take this opportunity to

SI President’s Message: Soroptimists congratulate Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

An open letter of congratulations to Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka. Soroptimist International congratulates Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on her appointment to a second term as Executive Director of UN Women. We applaud the decision by the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, to provide you with a second term as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

SI President’s Post: The ‘P’ keys for SI Cologne’s success

"SI Cologne celebrated 60 years of Soroptimist service in style from 30 June – 2 July 2017. The celebration was memorable for many reasons, most of them starting with 'P'! PARTICIPATION: 200 – 250 were anticipated, but the turnout was much higher at 350. Friendship Link clubs from the UK,

SI President’s Post: SI Eldoret, Kenya, making a difference to street children

"IDA-Elect Bev Bucur and I were privileged to visit the SI Eldoret’s Rescue Centre project in Kenya on the 15 June 2017. The Centre rescues abandoned children from living on the street. Some are runaways, others are victims of child abuse and others are abandoned. The root cause is poverty.

SI President’s Post: Promoting Awareness of Human Trafficking

Innovative education for effective crime prevention: the Alliance promoting awareness of human trafficking among flight crew. "Human trafficking is a heinous crime and one which affects women in greater numbers than men. Soroptimists worldwide raise awareness, and advocate for change to address this confronting issue. An event I attended aimed

SI President’s Post: Irish Soroptimists Come Together Annually

"It was my pleasure and privilege to attend the 51st Annual Joint North / South Conference for Irish Soroptimists and guests. It was held 19 – 21 May in Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Last year I attended the event in Mullingar, in the Republic of Ireland, when they celebrated

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