100th Event Guest Host Billie Wildrick

We are delighted to announce Billie Wildrick as the Soroptimist International 100th Birthday Event Guest Host, who will share her skills live from the 100 studio, helping to ensure smooth runnings, read out your questions, and introduce many of the segments and stories that will showcase Soroptimist International and its

100th Event Speaker Soon-Young Yoon

A warm welcome to Speaker Soon-Young Yoon, who is the United Nations (UN) representative for the International Alliance of Women and author of “Citizen of the World—Soon-Young and the UN” (Ewha Womans University Press, 2021). In  2019, she was appointed to the Gender Advisory Panel convened by H. E. Ambassador

Welcome to Speaker Emilia Reyes

Emilia Reyes has specialised in gender responsive public policies and budgets linked to sustainable development, including comprehensive disaster risk management and climate change; in those fields she has trained governmental officers from the Legislative, Judiciary and Executive Branch, as well as officers from United Nations agencies at national and regional

100th Event Speaker Celeste Mergens

Celeste Mergens is the founder and CEO of Days for Girls, an organisation many Soroptimists around the world are aware of, or have worked with over the years. She has led the organisation since its beginning in 2008, driven by twenty years of nonprofit and business management experience. She holds

100th Birthday Event Speaker Kim Bogucki

Detective Kim Bogucki is the co-founder of The IF Project, an innovative partnership between law-enforcement, currently and previously incarcerated adults, and community leaders to build commonality, reduce misperceptions and serve as a deterrent to recidivism and future incarceration.  A 33-year veteran of the Seattle Police Department (SPD), Kim has developed

SI Statement on the Situation in Afghanistan

As Afghanistan returns to an acute crisis, Soroptimist International is extremely concerned about the impacts of a return to Taliban rule on women and girls. Over recent decades significant progress has been made supporting the realisation of women’s and girls’ rights in Afghanistan to the benefit of individuals, families, communities,

Lighting the way forward – Soroptimist International 100 Years

During the 10 days leading up to the Soroptimist International 100th Birthday Event, 1-3 October, we invite every Soroptimist Club to light candles and make a wish for a better world for women and girls. Soroptimist International of Oakland, our founder club, will light the Soroptimist Flame on 21 September,

Our Voice at the UN

New York - Part 1 This edition of 'Our Voice at the UN'  is divided into two parts. In part one Bette Levy, SI's Lead United Nations (UN) Representative in New York, introduces the principal organs of the UN and looks at how the pandemic has impacted SI's activities. "The

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