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Soroptimist projects from SI South West Pacific tackling Violence Against Women and Girls

SI Bangsar, Malaysia and the Personal Safety For Children Program TOT In a friendship link with SI Iskandar Puteri (SIIP) and in partnership with Yayasan Soroptimist Malaysia; Agensi Innovasi Malaysia; Yayasan Raja Zarith Sofiah Negeri Johor Studies in Malaysia show that Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) cases are on the

Water at the heart of Climate Change Solutions COP23

SI President, Mariet Verhoef-Cohen visited the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which took place 6-17 November in Bonn. Mariet spoke at three events, including reporting on the progress of The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture, (WASAG) on

#2 Your Voice at the United Nations

October - November's edition of 'Your Voice at the United Nations' includes articles on the Climate-Change Migration nexus and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 'A Sustainable Society for All Ages: Realising the potential of living longer' The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Ministerial Conference on Ageing

CSW62 Written Statement

The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018. The theme is Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls. For the empowerment of rural women

SI Announces Webinars for November 2017

November, sees the first in a series of exciting new interactive webinars organised by Soroptimist International for members. As part of the SI Leadership Development programme, each webinar will offer two sessions, both covering the same material, so you can choose a session that best suits your timezone. PLEASE NOTE

Reaching Out To Rural Women

The four villages of Navala, Namau, Nadrugu and Tabuquto, are more than 30 km away from Ba town, inland from the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. Most of the women living here are unemployed or do domestic duties. Far away from shops, supermarkets, the women work hard to

Meet the SI NGO CSW/New York Interns for 2017/18

Each year, NGO CSW/NY has between five and eight interns to help facilitate the mission of the Committee to achieve gender equality, and facilitate the smooth running of the actual Commission. Soroptimist International sponsors the internship programme. Here, we get to know a little about the interns for 2017/2018. Read

SI in Geneva

The SI Leadership Development Committee’s (LDC) purpose is to provide training for SI Directors, Position Holders and potential postholders. We aim to empower SI Directors to meet their governance responsibilities, enable SI Position Holders to be fully informed and to attract informed Soroptimists to apply for SI posts. As we

Educate to Lead: Leaving no Girl or Woman Behind

Soroptimist International’s current priority area of focus is the Sustainable Development Goals, which the UN set in 2015 as the agenda for the next 15 years, concentrating on Goal 4 – Education, and Goal 5 – Gender Equality, and other areas that relate to women’s empowerment. Soroptimist International believes promoting

SI UN Representative Recruitment

Recruitment NEWS: SI is looking to appoint a UN Representative in the Vienna area to attend official UN meetings, and report back to Soroptimist International headquarters. The applicant must live within travelling distance of the United Nations centre in Vienna. For more information, please click on the role description and

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