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

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