Following the agreement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the next Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) will focus on the theme ‘women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development’. Soroptimist International, Zonta International, the International Federation of Business and Professional Women, and Graduate Women International, have released a

  Picture: UNICEF/Nicky Jansen Earlier this year UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaking in Kuwait, warned that Syria’s children continue to suffer on what he called “a scale that haunts the soul”. (Article dated October 2015) More than four years since the Syria crisis began in 2011, stories depicting families desperately

  Click on the image above to read the full PDF introduction to the December 10th Appeal 2015-17  This December 10th the International President would like, once again, to harness the collective power and generosity of all four Federations of Soroptimist International, in support of women and girls in Nepal,

Take a look at Soroptimist International Club projects and how they are contributing in the fight against illiteracy and engaging women and girls in education.  The stats speak for themselves with approximately 775 million people, 64% of whom are women, functionally illiterate. What this means is they lack the basic

Soroptimist International Clubs across the world are consistently identifying the little things that make a big difference to their communities. These are just some of the community-based projects Soroptimists are doing to help empower, educate and enable women and girls. SI Leigh and District, UK saw a need for local

The economic empowerment of women is critical to eradicate poverty and ensure inclusive economic growth. Women make significant contributions to economies across the world through owning businesses, being productive employees and by doing unpaid care work at home. However, exploitation, poverty and discrimination means that women are disproportionately disadvantaged economically.

Soroptimist International is delighted to welcome Yvonne Simpson, Hokitika, New Zealand, as International President for the 2015 – 2017 biennium. Anyone who witnessed the Change of Insignia Ceremony at the 20th SI Convention, Istanbul would have clearly seen the joy and gratitude shown by Yvonne Simpson as she took over

"I have been privileged and honoured to have been given the leadership of a wonderful global organization of vibrant, professional, skilled and compassionate women, each wanting to advocate for the enhanced wellbeing of all members of civil society within their local, national and international communities"  Click on the image below