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

  To take advantage of this last minute offer for all new bookings, contact si2011-montreal@jdpl.com For more information about the convention, visit www.si-montreal2011.org We look forward to seeing you there!    

The Executive Board’s Committee on International Non-Governmental Organizations held four meetings on 5 and 6 May 2011 to examine the “Relations with International Non-Governmental Organizations, Foundations and Similar Institutions”. The meetings were attended by 23 States Members of the Committee and 70 international non-governmental organizations. In his statement, Mr Eric

At the 100th Session of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva, the Convention on Domestic workers and the accompanying recommendation were adopted (June 2011) . Only last year the missing rights of a great majority of domestic workers had been widely discussed and  it was decided to proceed with the

On June 9th, Anne Yedowitz, SI UN Representative for over 20 years, was remembered at a memorial service held at the UN Centre in New York. This message from SI Immediate Past President, Margaret Lobo, was read out in tribute to Anne. A full obituary will follow in this month's TIS,

"Youth should be given a chance to take an active part in the decision-making of local, national and global levels."  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in overcoming the challenges facing humankind, the United Nations proclaimed an

SI's UN Rep, Yoko Komori Olson, attended a briefing run by the Department of Public Information (DPI) yesterday. As part of the briefing, they showed a film made during the last DPI NGO conference which was held in Australia last September. SI sent a full delegation, including International President Elect