This year we have over 50 delegates at the CSW58 lobbying for the rights of women and girls. Our delegation have worked tirelessly over the last two weeks to ensure that we achieve an outcome document that addresses our key asks and that is practical and effective. Below we highlight

  Soroptimist International's week two delegates at CSW58, led by SIAPD Caroline Leach (front row, left). The delegation is much smaller this week. The Soroptimist week 2 delegation at the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) continues to  lobby for the strongest possible outcome document

The 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women is approaching the half-way point. So how has it gone so far? “CSW 58 has been historic in many ways”, explains SI Head of Programme and Advocacy Reilly Dempsey. “We’ve seen SI’s first ever purpose-driven advocacy training for delegates,

A loving family with positive role models. Taught to build healthy relationships, respect others and himself. Empowered to use his strength in many ways and pursue any career path. Able to spend time with his children. Is this a fairy tale for men and boys? Soroptimist International launched a new

The Commission on the Status of Women 58 is now in its fourth day.  Its aim, to deliver a set of agreed conclusions on the priority theme for the year, 'Challenges and Achievements in the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls'. The agreed conclusions will feed

  Each year, the Commission on the Status of Women aims to deliver a set of agreed conclusions on the priority theme for the year; this outcome document includes an assessment of progress and a set of concrete recommendations for action by Governments, intergovernmental bodies and others.  Member States meet

Yesterday was the first official day of the Commission for the Status of Women 58 (March 10th - 21st) where Member States gather at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality

  Soroptimist International of Europe's President Elect, Maria Elisabetta de Franciscis, has spoken about the role that solar energy can play in empowering women and girls at a side-event during the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which opened in New York today. SI co-hosted the

Soroptimists around the world took action for International Women's Day on 8th March, with events ranging from flashmobs to candle-lit vigils, from promoting equality in primary schools to celebrating with senior citizens in a retirement home.  See photos of activities in Barbados, Fiji, India, Pakistan and UK in the slideshow

  As the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) approaches, UN Women has highlighted the major problems that continue to face women and girls and the need for increased attention to be paid to tackling them after the Millennium Development Goals.  "Lack of access to