Soroptimists respond to Ebola outbreak – SI Freetown (Sierra Leone)

  Members of SI Freetown (2012) Soroptimist International Freetown (Sierra Leone) has been working closely with local partners to respond to the Ebola outbreak, which has now killed over 1900 people in West Africa. According to the World Health Organisation, there have been 3500 confirmed or probable cases in Guinea,

Campaigner urges continued advocacy to #BringBackOurGirls

Nigerian activist Hadiza Bala Usman has urged people around the world not to forget the schoolgirls abducted from Borno, northern Nigeria in April, who are still being held by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. In a video interview with former Soroptimist International UN Representative Yoko Komori Olson at the UN

Influencing the Action Agenda for 2015 and beyond: SI at UN DPI/NGO Conference

This article was originally published on 22 August 2014 and updated on 26 August 2014 Image: Past President Alice Wells and President Ann Garvie at NGO/DPI A Soroptimist International delegation is attending the 65th Annual United Nations Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations this week to push for a Post-2015 development agenda

SI Board announces improved global coordination of Soroptimist programme work

A new body is to coordinate programme activity across the four Soroptimist International Federations to help plan SI’s worldwide approach to improving the lives of women and girls.  It will take account of our increased recognition of ECOSOC status and the decentralisation of the United Nations to more regional centres.

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