Soroptimist International President Ann Garvie has called on Soroptimists to keep up the pressure for the safe return of over 250 schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria, while recognising this atrocity as a wake-up call for the world. “It’s hard even to imagine the scale of this vile crime: the girls rounded

  See bottom of page for updates to this article - last updated 14.7.2014 Soroptimist International of Nigeria is continuing to draw attention to the plight of over 200 schoolgirls abducted by militants from Chibok, in Borno State, Nigeria three weeks ago.  Although some girls have managed to escape, most

Soroptimists in Nigeria are joining protest marches and keeping pressure on the Government to secure the release of over 200 girls abducted by Islamist militants more than two weeks ago on 14 April. "Everyday I see the parents on the news and I feel their pain", says President of Soroptimist

  Schoolgirls in Zambia will receive solar lanterns to assist them in their studies, while women in Fiji will benefit from solar cookers thanks to President Ann Garvie’s See Solar, Cook Solar Appeal. These are the first two projects to be announced as beneficiaries of the December 10 Appeal; they

  Image: The SISWP conference logo incorporates the 13 petals of a flower reflecting the flags of the 13 Federation countries Soroptimists from SI South West Pacific (SISWP) are gathering for the Federation's 19th Biennial Conference of Clubs in Kuching, Malaysia, which opens on Thursday.  Soroptimists from the 13 SISWP

  Image: map showing location of Dominican Republic in red (Author: Rei-Artur, shared via Creative Commons) On Saturday 26th April, Soroptimist International welcomed its newest Club and first in the Dominican Republic: Soroptimist International Santo Domingo.  There are now Soroptimist International clubs in 129 countries and territories worldwide. “I’m delighted

Check out a snapshot of what Soroptimists are doing to support women and girls around the world in this round up of club projects reported in the last month! From job skills for girls in the USA to visiting the elderly in Israel and Australia, educating women about their health

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and world figures will participate in the official commemoration of the Rwanda genocide today, during which at least 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed in 1994 in three months of bloodletting that followed the death of the

  Photo: Malaria medicine distributed by community group Mamas Optimistas in Angola, funded by Soroptimist clubs Denmark 7 April is World Health Day and this year the World Health Organisation (WHO) is highlighting the serious and increasing threat of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, schistosomiasis, and

It may feel like big UN meetings like the  Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which finished last week, while exciting, don’t directly relate to local club work. They do!  For a start, the work that Soroptimists do for women and girls in their communities and beyond shapes SI's