International Day of Sport – Maasai Cricket Warriors

In a message for International Day of Sport for Development and Peace,  6 April, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "Sport promotes health and well-being. It fosters tolerance, mutual understanding and peace. ... It empowers, inspires and unites."   During the Soroptimist International 16 Days of Activism campaign, we had the opportunity

'Keeping the windows open' by Hafdis Karlsdottir

A report from CSW60 by Hafdis Karlsdottir   “Today I attended a side event that filled my Icelandic heart with pride. The event was called ‘Keep the Window Open’. It was organised by the Permanent Mission of Iceland to the UN, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Police and Women‘s NGOs

Scholarship winner SI South West Pacific reflects on CSW60

  Image: SI International President Yvonne Simpson, SISWP President Carolyn Hudson, SI Erdenet, Munkhzul Serod and SISWP Federation Programme Director, Dianne Lockwood by Munkhzul Serod "I am so grateful to have received the scholarship to attend to the CSW60. It was my dream to go to the United Nations and

Soroptimist International Conference on the Future Federation of Africa

Ann Garvie, Soroptimist International Immediate Past President 2013-2015, brings news of the Conference on the Future Federation of Africa, held in Madagascar on 17- 19 March 2016, the second all African meeting, following the event held two years ago in Pretoria, South Africa.     Image: SIE Immediate Past President

Pat Black reports from CSW60 #SIadvocates

"Tuesday 15 March was the first of the NGO CSW NY Committee important briefings run jointly with UN Women. This was a special session as the facilitator for the Agreed Conclusions for CSW60, Mr Andreas Glossner, came to the meeting to share progress on discussions of the text with Non

CSW Pat Black reports 14 March

Monday 14 March "Well that beautiful weather didn’t last long! Woke up to grey skies and rain which hasn’t stopped all day.  I, like many others, have been moving from building to building today so have been drenched several times. And then there is the problem of all those umbrellas!

CSW60 Pat Black Reports 13 March

by Pat Black Soroptimist International Director of Advocacy "Sunday saw us at the NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day in the historic 92Y theatre, listening to the Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and the current Chair of CSW, H.E. Ambassador Antonio de Agular Patriota. Exciting also to see SI
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