Soroptimist International Past President Hanne Jensbo has received a letter of thanks from UN Women, recognising the work of SI and the Danish Union in supporting the former UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). "In these historic moments that hold great promist for women, as the UN Entity for Gender

At the start of the month, we reported from the Working Group on Ageing. Here is a follow up report from our UN Representative in New York, Carol Themm. Throughout the four days of the working group on ageing, the focus kept returning to the legal gaps which exist in all

At the end of July, our UN Rep in New York attended a High Level Meeting on Youth as part of the UN Year of Youth. Carol Themm reports back. The General Assembly held a high Level meeting on youth with 60 international speakers from government and civil society to

Read a message from Soroptimist Chris Knight in celebration of The International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples To all our SI Indigenous Members and Friends I wish you a great day of celebrations. Today is the UN designated day to celebrate the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples.

Soroptimist International of Malaysia were recently interviewed by their local business radio station. The Malaysian branch of SI has been going for 20 years so they had plenty to share! Joanne Yeoh, president of SI Malaysia, stopped by to share about the role that they play in advocating for women

This week our UN Representatives in New York attended the working group on ageing. Soroptimist International prepared a brief statement which we were able to contribute to the discussions. Our representative, Lois Beilin, reports that one of the big discussion points was whether to have a "new" convention on protection

As regular readers of our news pages will remember, in July our UN Representative in Rome coordinated a side event for civil society organisations on the theme of rural women. As part of the speakers, past SI president, Marie-Jeanne Bosia, spoke on "women and microcredit - a life changing opportunity".

In the October 2010 session, the Commission on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva  proposed  a general recommendation for the protection of women’s human rights in conflict and post-conflict contexts.  On July 18th, 2011 the recommendation was presented to member states and civil society

Press release: Hope and Homes for Children. 14th July 2011 This week, members of Soroptimist International have reviewed the impact of their generous support of our work in Sierra Leone over the past four years. Soroptimists have travelled from all over the world to attend their 19th International Conference in

SI UN Representative to Geneva reports back from the recent ECOSOC High Level Segment which closed On July 7th. There are only 4 ½ years to 2015 when the internationally agreed MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) should be reached. Because of this, the recent meeting of ECOSOC dealt with many aspects