Soroptimist from Pakistan Awarded “Woman Super Achiever Award”

Dr. Mussaret Anwar Sheikh, Chairperson Education, Associate Professor, Fatima Jinnah Women University and Federation Executive Councilor (FEC) Pakistan for Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (SIGBI) has won an award  in the Asia Best Business School Awards held at Suntec, Singapore. She is the first woman of Pakistan

Doves of Peace

2011 marks the tenth anniversary of the UN decreed International Day of Peace and for the fourth time the International Day of Peace Alliance Inc. ran the Origami Peace Doves Project in commemoration of this Peace Day. Doves even found their way to Soroptimists in Nigeria with the help of

SIGBI and UNICEF Partner for Pakistan Flood Victims

Dr Talat Pasha, Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Assistant Programme Director for Goodwill and and Understanding, reports from Karachi. With many children still recovering from last year's devastating floods, up to 2.5 million children in Sindh have now been affected by the unusually heavy monsoon rains and floods

Three Women Win Nobel Peace Prize!

The Nobel Peace Prize 2011 has been awarded jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work". Nobel Committee chairman, Thorbjorn Jagland, said: “We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace

WAGGGS: We Can Save Our Planet Campaign

WAGGGS is on the road to Rio+20 via the Climate Change Conference COP17 in Durban. To ensure the voices of girls and young women are heard in the negotiations on climate change and sustainable development, WAGGGS have launched the ‘we can save our planet’ campaign'. The campaign pulls together community

"Baby Hatches": A Safer Future for Vulnerable Babies

This week's SoroptiVoice blog comes from Helena Cheah from Malaysia. Here she talks about the Malaysian response to unwanted babies and the emergence of the 'baby hatch' as an alternative to baby 'dumping'. Many countries have strict laws concerning sexual morality and enforced segregation of unmarried men and women. Sex

Soroptimist International Friendship Day: October 3rd

Today is Soroptimist International’s Club Friendship Day, celebrating the day that the very first Soroptimist Club was established in Oakland, California in 1921. Together, across continents and cultures, Soroptimists transform the lives of women and girls in need through local and international projects, friendship links with other clubs, and partnerships

Think Equal: Soroptimist International at the World Bank!

This week’s SoroptiVoice is from Heather Brotsos, a member in Washington DC and the Soroptimist International representative at the 2011 World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum. Heather reports back from the largest ever Civil Society Policy Forum where over 600 CSO representatives met with World Bank and International Monetary Fund

SI Attends World Bank Civil Society Forums in Washington D.C

Last week, Heather Brotsos from SIA represented SI at a series of World Bank and International Monetary Fund Civil Society Forms in Washington D.C. Over 600 Civil Society Organisations participated in a four day programme of discussions to promote dialogue between civil society representatives and these two international organisation. Topics

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