Rio+20 News: The Right to Water and Energy – Dream or Reality?

SI's delegation at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, report back from day 2 of the NGO Development Dialogues. You can tweet your questions to SIE Programme Executive @SubaUma with any questions, or leave SI International Assistant Programme Director Anusha a message through the SI Facebook pages.

Flower Power – Strength in Diversity!

This week's SoroptiVoice blog is from Robyn Cain, SISWP Federation Programme Director. She reflects on the SISWP Federation Conference of Clubs in New Zealand which took place at the beginning of May. Many thanks to Robyn for reporting back - and welcome to Siew Yong, the new President of SI

Aloha!

This week's SoroptiVoice comes from SIA Past President  and SIA Federation Programme Director Sharon Fisher. She is clearly getting excited about the forthcoming SIA convention in Hawaii - we can understand why! So if you are still thinking about going, read on to be convinced! Every two years, Soroptimist International

SI Hosts Side Event on Migrant Women in Prison

Soroptimist International UN Representatives in Vienna attended the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at the end of April. As part of the Vienna NGO Committee on the Status of Women, SI co-hosted a side event on one of the focus topics of this year's commission, women in prison.

“Men are Fundamental, Women are Secondary”

The author of this week’s blog is Jackie Paling, SIGBI Assistant Programme Director for Violence and Conflict Resolution. Jackie has travelled extensively around the world and says that her experiences have provided her with a truly excellent education. A regular visitor to Afghanistan, Jackie takes out humanitarian aid and supports

Action on Armed Violence: Liberia

This week's SoroptiVoice Blog comes from Action on Armed Violence (previously Landmine Action) which started its field programming in Liberia in 2005, two years following the end of the civil war.  Initially, the purpose of this programme was to conduct weapons and ammunition collection and destruction, but it quickly developed

Post CSW Advocacy Action Kit!

Disappointingly, the 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women failed to adopt agreed conclusions. As a result of this outcome, Soroptimist International, together with partner women's rights organisations signed a statement to discourage any re-opening of negotiations on the already established international agreements on women’s rights.

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