SI UNESCO Representaive, Rina Dupriet, attended the January meeting of the NGO Joint Programmatic Commisson for Sustainable Development. Severals proposals were forwarded for consideration by Rio+20, closely matching the priorities of Soroptimist International: - Poverty eradication - Creation of safe water supplies - Empowerment of people through education and leadership

Last week, SI UN Representatives Alice Odingo and Rose Mwangi attended a series of meetings at the UN Environmental Programme  (UNEP) in Nairobi. Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum (GMGSF): 18-19th February SI attended the second day of the meeting.  A great deal of discussion centred on Rio+20 and how

Women, men and children came out in force to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on 8 March 2011 with Women for Women International's Join me on the Bridge campaign. There were 464 events in 70 countries on 6 continents worldwide - and Soroptimists were there too! SI Cambridge,

In September, Soroptimist International joined with over 90 NGOs to sign a statement calling upon the Member States of the UN to include mental health as a non-communicable disease (NCDs), in recognition of the fact that good health requires mental well being in addition to physical well being. This was

December saw some changes to Soroptimist International’s representation at the UN Centres. We were sad to say goodbye to long standing representatives Yseult Kaplan and Christine Dagain who represented SI at UNESCO in Paris, and Linda Stillman and Andrea Mills who represented SI in New York. Yseult represented SI at

UNCSD report back from the first round of negotiations on the zero draft document, New York, January 27th-30th 2012: Three days of initial negotiations over the proposed outcome document for Rio+20 concluded today with comments and suggestions from Member States, United Nations agencies and a variety of civil society actors. 

In the words of the Undersecretary General, Michelle Bachelet, “it has been an incredible year…a year of excitement, high hopes and ambition.” * UN Women is now present in 75 countries, supporting national leadership and political participation to strengthen organizations and institutions to build a strong foundation for equality.  In

Share your voice!  Soroptimist International, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, the World YWCA, and the Friends of Cambodian Child’s Dream Organisation invite you to participate in a worldwide conversation about violence against rural women and girls: experiences and solutions.  We have developed a list of seven

Last week, the zero draft document for Rio+20 was released. This is the first version of the document which will be discussed and amended over the coming months, and after revision and addition, hopefully accepted by Member States attending the Rio+20 conference in Brazil, June 2012. As SI UN Representative

Soroptimist International attended the Second Intersessional Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which was held in New York 15-16 December, 2011. Bette Levy reports on behalf of the SI delegation: In 2012 the UN will convene the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). This will