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Project of Excellence: Scholarship helps build brighter future for earthquake survivor (Japan)

Image: Kadonowaki Elementary School, one of the many schools destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami (Credit: ChiefHira via Wikimedia Commons) On 11 March 2011, the eastern region of Japan was hit by a devastating earthquake, the fifth most powerful in the world since records began, which also triggered a tsunami. Over

SI South West Pacific – Conference of Clubs

The 2014 SI South West Pacific Federation's Conference of Clubs (COC) will take place at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia from 2nd to 4th May 2014. The theme for the conference is "Uniqueness in Diversity, reflecting not only the strengths but also the uniqueness of the diversity of the member countries

Project of Excellence: SAME Women – Breaking Down Cultural Barriers (UK/Pakistan)

Our series of blogs about Projects of Excellence highlighted in this year's Global Impact Report continues! In this week's SoroptiVoice blog Susan Bartlett of SI Keighley (UK) introduces SAME Women, a project to promote friendship and understanding between women from different cultures in the town. SI Keighley wanted a

International Women's Day: Equality for Women is Progress for All!

Soroptimist International will be celebrating the benefits that equality for women brings for everyone on International Women's Day (8 March). Following UN Women's announcement of their theme for this year's IWD, Equality for Women is Progress for All, SI will be producing a series of resources to promote understanding

NY Reps attend the 8th Working Group on the SDG's and the 52nd Session of the CSocD.

February is proving to be a busy month for Soroptimist International's UN Representatives, New York. They recently attended the Opening Session to the 8th Session of the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals held from February 3 - 7. UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka opened the Session

SI UN Reps in Geneva meet UN Women Executive Director & Discuss the Beijing +20.

Soroptimist International's UN Representative in Geneva, Sabine Kinzer, who is part of the Non Governmental Organisation Group for the Commission on the Status of Women (NGO CSW) in Geneva, recently met with UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka shared with Sabine and the NGO CSW group what her

One Billion Rising – Dance, Learn, Connect for Change! (India)

On 14 February 2013, people in 207 countries rose and danced to demand an end to violence against women and girls as part of the One Billion Rising movement. Many Soroptimist International clubs - including those in Belgium, Canada, India, Turkey, UK and USA - took part in this

Protecting the Rights of Women in Conflict and Economic Rights During and After Marriage – New CEDAW Recommendations

On Monday, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will meet for its 57th Session in Geneva, Switzerland. The Committee is the monitoring body for the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, often described as an international bill of rights for women, which defines discrimination

Kenya Soroptimist joins African Activists Speaking out Against #FGM

Image: Winnie Maru (centre) at the Fifth Feminist Leadership, Movement Building and Rights Institute in Nairobi earlier in January. Women’s rights activists from 17 countries across Africa, have issued a statement on FGM, calling on African Governments, civil society organisations and all women to take steps to eliminate the

SI to host its First All Male Side Event at the CSW 58

Soroptimist International will be partnering with key organisations and speakers at this year’s CSW58 to host several side events. Our first side event entitled ‘Pink is the New Blue: Opening Doors for Women and Girls’ will explore the barriers faced by girls and women in entering into traditionally male-dominated fields,

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