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SI Convention Dublin Countdown to Registration

Soroptimist International (SI) President, Maureen Maguire and SI Immediate Past President, Sharon Fisher, are delighted to announce that delegate registration for the Soroptimist International 2023 Dublin convention will open on Monday 5 September 2022. The theme of the Convention is 'Challenge the Future' and will bring together speakers from across

World Humanitarian Day

SI UN Representative, Berthe De Vos-Neven, blogs from World Humanitarian Day at UN Geneva – August 19, 2022. “The General Assembly of the UN has marked August 19th as “World Humanitarian Day” to create awareness around the problems aid workers and humanitarian helpers are daily facing in the crises and

International Girls in ICT Day

Stacy Ciulik, SI UN Representative in Geneva, blogs about the importance of empowering girls in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). “International Girls in ICT Day is an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) global initiative that takes place every year on the 4th Thursday of April. It aims to encourage young women

World Day against Child Labour

Blog by Berthe De Vos, SI Representative to the International Labour Organisation. “What is Child Labour? Child labour is work that harms the health of the child, endangers it, and it is a violation of international and/or national laws. It deprives children of education and/or puts a double burden on

Human Rights Council 50th Session

During the Human Rights Council 50th Session, the annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women was held on June 27, 2022. Donatella Benjamin, SI UN Representative in Geneva, reports on the panel exploring the nexus between climate change and violence against women and girls (VAWG). “In her opening

Save the Ocean, Protect the Future

Rita Nogueira Ramos, blogs from the 4th UN Ocean Conference, held in Lisbon, Portugal, 27 June – 1 July 2022. "In 2017, at the first edition of the UN ocean conference in New York, the United Nations Secretary General had already warned that the oceans face "an unprecedented threat" and

A Sustainable Economy For People and Planet

A blog by SI UN Representative, Berthe De Vos-Neven. "The International Labor Conference (ILC) is the highest decision-making body of the ILO. 187 tripartite delegations from governments, trade unions and workers meet every year to discuss priority matters related to the world of work. The 110th Session was held 27

Rose Academies Uganda

The SI President's Appeal Team is delighted to bring news of the second SI President's Appeal project, now taking place in the Soroti District of Eastern Uganda. Within the Soroptimist International Africa Federation, this project will be working together with our partner Rose Academies. Since 2014, Rose Academies has worked

Cambodia and the SI President’s Appeal – Six months on

The first project of the SI President's Appeal 'Opening Doors to a Bright Future' launched in Cambodia in early 2022, in the Soroptimist International Federation of South East Asia Pacific. ‘Education and Learning in Cambodia throughout the life course’, is working in partnership with the Cambodian Community Dream Organization (CCDO).

The W7 – Time to Deliver

An update from Pat Black, who the SI Advocacy Team is delighted to have nominated to sit as W7 Gender Equality Advisor to the G7. "In my previous blog I talked about the work we had done as W7 Advisors in presenting recommendations to this year’s G7 under the Presidency

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