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‘Tis the season – FGM

A blog by Dr. Nina Smart "December is a month of miracles, when many families around the world celebrate together, share gifts and renew their faith through meaningful rituals that affirm beliefs. In many homes this includes the preparations for a girl's 'fixing' or 'initiation' or 'getting her ready for

Why is Social Protection so Important for Women?

At the Committee for Social Development Fifth Session held in Bangkok from 28-30 November 2018, the Committee deliberated on strategies for strengthening social protection in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Asia Pacific. Here Dr. Theresa W. Devasahayam, SI UN Representative for Bangkok, Thailand writes

Soroptimist Midwestern Region – true #WWLSoroptimists

by SI Advocacy Director Bev Bucur During my first year as a Soroptimist, in 1993, I had the opportunity to meet three remarkable women, Marie-Jeanne Bosia-Bererat (Switzerland) then the incoming President of Soroptimist International, Anne Farrington (New Zealand) Soroptimist International Treasurer, and Dr. Jeannine Jacquemin, United Nations Education Scientific and

Fighting Stigma Through Film – Acknowledging and addressing sexual violence in conflict

A blog by Catherine Dunmore, Advocacy Manager "From 23 to 24 November 2018, the United Kingdom government took its Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative to the big screen at the British Film Institute, London. The Fighting Stigma Through Film festival saw screenings documenting individual and group experiences with sexual

SI President’s Appeal – empowering young women to lead in the water industry

The SI President's 'Women, Water & Leadership' Appeal, has provided a $1,000.00 grant to Victoria Hinojosa to facilitate her participation in H2O Global Leaders and Water Innovation Lab training. The funding, originally donated to the Appeal by Soroptimist International Director of Advocacy, Beverly Bucur, embraces a key objective of 'Women,

So What? Part Two – Women in Urban Planning

A blog by Angela Sauvage "The achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require all hands on deck. It will require different sectors and actors working together in an integrated manner. To help leverage expertise and knowledge into policy, practice, and action,

Soroptimists educating and empowering Rwandan women and children

A blog by Catherine Dunmore, Advocacy Manager Soroptimist International is delighted to introduce Catherine Dunmore, who has joined us as SI Advocacy Manager. Catherine is a qualified Solicitor of England & Wales, and received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Essex (UK), and Master of Laws with Collaborative Program in Women

Contemporary Enslavement and Trafficking of Women and Girls – UNODC Vienna

Around 800 Government representatives, crime experts and civil society partners met in Vienna, 15 - 19 October, 2018, for the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC). Approaching its 20th anniversary in 2020, this instrument is now being

45th session of the Committee on World Food Security, Rome

A report by SI President Mariet Verhoef-Cohen "The 45th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) convened 15-19 October 2018 in Rome, Italy. Established in 1974 and reformed in 2009, the CFS serves as an inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for all stakeholders to work together to ensure

Founder of European Soroptimist Federation Suzanne Noël honoured

On September 27, 2018, the French Union of Soroptimist International paid tribute to Dr. Suzanne Noël (1878-1954), by inaugurating a commemorative plaque on the facade of the building located at 36 Avenue Charles Floquet in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, where Suzanne Noël lived during the last 15 years of

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