Soroptimist International has submitted a written statement to the 56th Commission on the Status of Women. The CSW 56 will be held in New York from 27th February until 9th March 2012 in New York. "The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and

More than 50 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burma, Bhutan and Nepal were welcomed to Townsville at a picnic on October 30th, 2011. This event was organised to continue the vital work of SI Townsville in providing support and friendship to refugee women and their families, for

Soroptimist International celebrated reaching its £1million fundraising target for Hope and Home for Children’s lifesaving work with women and children in Sierra Leone. The roof nearly flew off the Dome Theatre in Brighton at the Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland annual conference when the news was announced on October

Soroptimist International has added its support to the Rio+20 Women Major Stakeholder’s Group Statement. SI has been represented by SI UN Representative Alice Odingo during the meetings and discussions on this statement. The Global Women’s Major Group submission is submitted in response to the request for input by the Secretariat

Soroptimist International is delighted to launch the 2010 - 2011 Best Practice Awards book. The winners for each of the programme focus objectives have contributed an article describing their project - in many cases, this article is presented in English and in their home language. To download the 2010 -

Soroptimist International is delighted to launch 'Educate to Lead - A Fairy Tale Story'. Launched at the Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland conference in Brighton last week, the film is designed to raise awareness of the SI global focus, education and leadership, and provide the perfect tool to

Civil society representatives gathered in Perth today for the start of the three-day Commonwealth People’s Forum to discuss and debate key issues facing Commonwealth People. The Forum was officially opened by the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia in a ceremony also addressed by Premier of Western Australia, The

SI's UN Representative to the Food and Agricultural Organisation, Cinzia Palmi, attended the Committee on Food Security, 17 - 22 October 2011. This session coincided with World Food Week. During the World Food Week several meetings were held, mainly on food price volatility, voluntary guidelines on land tenure and natural

A recent global forum on schools and education for girls was held in New York, sponsored by a world renowned school for girls, The Emma Willard School of New York. Successful programmes, best practices and educational policy were presented by leaders in education, technology, media and government. The chair persons

Observance of the 2011 International Day of Older Person* was held in conjunction with the Department of Public Information (DPI), on October 6 in New York. The meeting underscored the progress made in changing attitudes, policies and programmes for older persons during the 10 years after the Madrid International Plan