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SI UN Rep Paris Elected to NGO Liaison Committee

On 12-14 December, the International Conference of NGOs took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, under the theme, 'The challenge of the digital revolution for NGOs’. This conference was attended by Soroptimist International UN representatives to Paris, Marie-Christine Gries and Rina Dupriet; together with Soroptimist International Director of Advocacy,

SI President’s Message: Human Rights Day 10 December 2016

He aha te nui o te ao What is the most important thing in the world? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata It is the people, it is the people, it is the people - Maori proverb. “The people. Humanity. Mankind… are our neighbours, local or international, men or women, whatever race,

I want to build a school

I want to build a school. A blog by Sian Kent, SI Bangor and District in North Wales. “I want to build a school" – these were words spoken by Albert Mwansa (a local teacher), as he stood on a bare hill overlooking the village of Mkushi in Central Province,

SIE partners with My Book Buddy to Combat Illiteracy

Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE), the largest Federation of SI, will partner with the Dutch organization, My Book Buddy (MBB), to provide disadvantaged women and girls with greater access to books in a joint effort to combat illiteracy. SIE President Maria Elisabetta de Franciscis says: "We are pleased to announce

Soroptimists In Malta

The SIGBI 2016 Conference took place over the course of three days – 10-12 November 2016, and what a Conference it was. Here Pat Black reports for us from Malta, a place of sunshine, Soroptimist friendship and inspired key note speakers. “Always an amazing, stimulating, challenging and informative experience; add

Educate to Lead: Nepal and AHF

The 2015-2017 Soroptimist International President’s Appeal, Educate to Lead: Nepal, is working in partnership with the Australian Himalayan Foundation (AHF), to fund a Women and Girls Education Project (WGEP) in the remote rural area of the Lower Solukhumbu region of Nepal. Focussed on providing educational opportunities to women and girls,

SI sponsors Intern Programme at the UN

Every year NGO CSW/NY has between 5 and 8 interns to help facilitate the mission of the committee to achieve Gender Equality, and to assist with customer service during the actual Commission. Since last year SI has sponsored the internship programme. SI Un Representative Bette Levy explains: “The interns are

International Round Table on Child Trafficking

by SI UN Rep Vienna Dora Vrdlovec "The Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe IDM, organized the International Round Table Preventing Human Trafficking and Combating Child Trafficking & Exploitation in Europe, supported by the Austrian Federal Ministers for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, for Education and Women,

CSW61 Statement

Advancing women’s economic empowerment in the world of work is essential for achieving gender equality, realising human rights and for sustainable development. When governments, businesses and communities invest in empowering women in any workplace, and in eliminating inequalities, countries, communities and families see improvement in health, participation in education and

UNESCO Paris The challenge of the digital revolution

The 2016 International Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) will be held from 12 to 14 December 2016 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The 2016 Conference will focus on the theme ‘The challenge of the digital revolution for NGOs’ and will be organized around four subthemes: ‘The digital revolution and its

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