Soroptimist International is delighted to announce that the new programme goals and objectives for the 2011-2015 quadrennium have been publish! At the Saturday session of the SI Board Meeting, 9th July, we welcomed Programme Voting Delegates (PVDs) from all over the world to discuss and develop the new programme goals

SI UN Representative to the Food and Agricultural Organisation in Rome, Cinzia Palmi, reports back from a very exciting few days, including the SI coordinated side event on rural women and agriculture. Cinzia reports... At this Session I was accompanied by Marie Jeanne Bosia, SI Past International President, who was

It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of SI’s 2007-2011 Quadrennial Report. This report is in electronic format and is available on our website: https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/assets/media/documents/Quadrennial-Report-2007-2011.pdf Many thanks to all SI Officers and post-holders for making this another successful quadrennium!  We hope that you enjoy reading about the

This paper was presented on the 17th June 2011 at the Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF) 28 in Nairobi, Kenya. The GHACOFs are fora where the IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC), provide Climate forecasts for the IGAD countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia,

Message from the Australian Network to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions: Dear Members and Supporters of the Australian Network to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions (ANBLC) We are calling for your help with our petition to the Government to amend the cluster munition legislation. We urgently need more signatures from

“The strategic plan before you is our shared roadmap for the next few years,” Bachelet declared at the annual session of the agency’s executive board at the U.N. headquarters in New York. “Like any good map, it sets out a general direction to be followed. We will need to come

SI is delighted to announce that Soroptimist International has been selected to deliver an oral statement at this year's ECOSOC High Level Segment. The theme this year is “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to education”. As far as we are aware,  this is the first time

Last week (June 23rd) was First International Widows’ Day. The UN Resolution to mark this day was passed in February of this year. Here in New York, we celebrated this first International Widows’ Day with Michelle Bachelet, the head of UN Women, Mrs. Ban Soon-Taek, the wife of UN Secretary

Today is the launch of the first ever UN International Widows' Day, aimed at highlighting the plight of women all over the world who have lost their husbands. The UN says an estimated 115 million of the world's 245 million widows face poverty and discrimination, with many deprived of their

Press release: 22 June 2011 Leadership poised to ensure an open, democratic forum for women’s voices at the UN June 17, 2011 – New York, NY – The NGO Committee on the Status of Women, NY (NGO/CSW/NY), one of three women’s committees of CoNGO that advocates for women’s rights and