This was the message from the mayor of Bonn during his opening address at the welcome ceremony at the 64th DPI/NGO Conference. As we move towards Rio+20 where the DPI/NGO theme of sustainability societies  will be top of the agenda, this was both an intimidating and inspiring opening thought. This

Every three years, UN Women (previously UNIFEM) produces a report looking at a particular aspect of gender equality and women’s rights.  This year, the report looks at legal systems through the eyes women, exploring ways in which women still experience discrimination, rights violations, and barriers in access, but also ways

It is with great pleasure that we share this story with you.  SI’s Programme Director, Reilly Dempsey, worked on this case in 2006 while at the Center for Reproductive Rights.  For five years she has been watching this case with bated breath.  Alyne da Silva Pimentel from Brazil died of

SIA welcomes Elizabeth M. Lucas of Lake Bluff, Illinois, as its new executive director. She replaces SIA’s long time executive director, Leigh Wintz, who has assumed a full-time position as Principal Consultant with Tecker International.   Lucas comes to SIA with a diverse professional background. Her experience includes 15 years

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