We talk to International President Ann Garvie, President Elect Yvonne Simpson, SI UN Rep Bette Levy, IPP of the Belgian Union Gerda Rosiers, SIGBI APD ECOSOC (UN) Pat Black, SISWP FPD Di Lockwood and President of SI Dublin Catherine Giblin.   What was the stand out experience for you

  Soroptimist International UN Representative Bette Levy, was invited to speak at a UN side event at CSW59 together with UN Special Advisers, UN agency staff and Ambassador, HE Ms. Inga Rhonda King. ‘Copenhagen Meets Beijing: The Gender Dimensions of Social Development Policy and Praxis’,  focused on how grassroot changes

Governments formally agreed a Political Declaration on day one of CSW59, 9 March. But what impact will this have on the future advancement of gender equality?   CSW59 hosted the global review of Beijing+20 and the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, providing governments, NGOs and civil society with

 "The Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addressed the assembly, stating that CSW59 was to be a celebration of 20 years of human rights for women. He said: " Women must be at the centre and at the front of future policy making. Women suffer disproportionately, society must end all forms of

 Hafdis Karlsdottir, Soroptimist International of Iceland reports from CSW59 "After attending the Ministerial Round Tables in the morning and listening to the Ministers and representatives from 15 countries 'Making the economy work for women and girl', where they more or less explained what needed to be done, attending 'Cool Feminism

  The head of U N women Phumzile Mlambo-Nguika then spoke talking about the Beijing platform for action and the 12 key areas.what has and hasn't been achieved and the challenges that lie ahead.  She said that the next five years are critical and that we must break the back

Bringing an End to Sex Trafficking: We Can Do It! Featuring expert FBI Agent Marty Parker, 'Bringing an End to Sex Trafficking: We Can Do It' proved a highly sucessful key SI Parallel event for Soroptimist International at the NGO Forum, CSW59, New York.  The SI HQ team had the

  This year Soroptimist International will hold a key event at the CSW59 NGO Forum, on child and sex trafficking called ‘Bringing an End to Sex Trafficking: We Can Do It!’. FBI Special Agent Marty Parker specialises in this area, working in California, USA and will be Speaker at the

On 16 February, SI UN Representative Wilfrida Hendricks joined with other NGO Representatives to advocate for the rights of woman and girls at CEDAW. CEDAW is the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and reviews progress on women’s rights in countries around the world. NGOs such as